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Author:

Steding, William, 1957- author.

Title:

Presidential faith and foreign policy : Jimmy Carter the disciple and Ronald Reagan the alchemist / William Steding.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

xiv, 289 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--Foreign relations--1977-1981.
United States--Foreign relations--1981-1989.
Carter, Jimmy,--1924---Religion.
Reagan, Ronald--Religion.
Religion and international relations--United States--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Religion in the American political sphere -- Jimmy Carter's cognetic narrative: an evangelical engineer -- Jimmy Carter's evangelical mission: human rights -- Redemption: Jimmy Carter and the Panama Canal treaties -- Jimmy Carter's just peace in the Middle East -- Ronald Reagan's cognetic narrative: all-American alchemist -- Ronald Reagan's divine imperium of freedom -- Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative -- The Strategic Defense Initiative and US-Soviet relations: 1983-1987.

Series:

Palgrave studies in religion, politics, and policy

ISBN:

1137476478
9781137476470

OCLC:

(OCoLC)885228669

LCCN:

2014022205

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)