TY  - BOOK
AU  - McAndrews,Lawrence J.
TI  - What they wished for: American Catholics and American presidents, 1960-2004 
SN  - 9780820347110
AV  - BX1406.2 .M33 2014eb
U1  - 282.73 23
PY  - 2014///
KW  - Catholics
KW  - United States
KW  - History
KW  - Presidents
KW  - Catholiques
KW  - États-Unis
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Présidents
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Catholic
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - 20th Century
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-483) and index; 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)
N2  - 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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