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What they wished for : American Catholics and American presidents, 1960-2004 / Lawrence J. McAndrews.

By: Material type: TextTextCopyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780820347110
  • 0820347116
  • 130657143X
  • 9781306571432
  • 0820353868
  • 9780820353869
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: What They Wished For.DDC classification:
  • 282.73 23
LOC classification:
  • BX1406.2 .M33 2014eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Catholics and John Kennedy (1961-1963) -- Catholics and Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969) -- Catholics and Richard Nixon (1969-1974) -- Catholics and Gerald Ford (1974-1977) -- Catholics and Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -- Catholics and Ronald Regan (1981-1989) -- Catholics and George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) -- Catholics and Bill Clinton (1993-2001) -- Catholics and George W. Bush (2001-2004).
Summary: As a religious bloc, Roman Catholics constitute the most populous religious denomination in the United States, comprising one in four Americans. With the election of John F. Kennedy as president in 1960, they attained a political prominence to match their rapidly ascending socioeconomic and cultural profile. From Vietnam to Iraq, the civil rights movement to federal funding for faith-based initiatives, and from birth control to abortion, American Catholics have won at least as often as they have lost. What They Wished For by Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the role of American Catholics in presid.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)650624

Print version record.

Catholics and John Kennedy (1961-1963) -- Catholics and Lyndon Johnson (1963-1969) -- Catholics and Richard Nixon (1969-1974) -- Catholics and Gerald Ford (1974-1977) -- Catholics and Jimmy Carter (1977-1981) -- Catholics and Ronald Regan (1981-1989) -- Catholics and George H.W. Bush (1989-1993) -- Catholics and Bill Clinton (1993-2001) -- Catholics and George W. Bush (2001-2004).

As a religious bloc, Roman Catholics constitute the most populous religious denomination in the United States, comprising one in four Americans. With the election of John F. Kennedy as president in 1960, they attained a political prominence to match their rapidly ascending socioeconomic and cultural profile. From Vietnam to Iraq, the civil rights movement to federal funding for faith-based initiatives, and from birth control to abortion, American Catholics have won at least as often as they have lost. What They Wished For by Lawrence J. McAndrews traces the role of American Catholics in presid.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-483) and index.

English.