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- ISBN
- 9780802876850
- Book Title
- Christian and a Democrat : a Religious Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Book Series
- Library of Religious Biography (Lrb) Ser.
- Publisher
- Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publication Year
- 2019
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Religion, Biography & Autobiography
- Topic
- Religious, Presidents & Heads of State, Religion, Politics & State
- Item Weight
- 20.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
A Christian and a Democrat: A Religious Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt (Libr
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Eerdmans Publishing Company, William B.
ISBN-10
0802876854
ISBN-13
9780802876850
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038438267
Product Key Features
Book Title
Christian and a Democrat : a Religious Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Religious, Presidents & Heads of State, Religion, Politics & State
Publication Year
2019
Genre
Religion, Biography & Autobiography
Book Series
Library of Religious Biography (Lrb) Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
20.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-005487
Reviews
Michael Wear –author of Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House about the Future of Faith in America “This timely, inspiring portrait of the role of Christianity in the life and presidency of Franklin Delano Roosevelt helps us better understand one of the influential leaders of the twentieth century. Woolverton has made a great contribution here that should lead us to reevaluate our view of the role of faith in the progressive movement, the Democratic Party, and American politics generally, while also stoking our imagination for how Christian principles might guide us today.” Randall Balmer –author of Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter “Endicott Peabody’s dying words, ‘You know there’s no doubt but that Roosevelt is a very religious man,’ provide a good summation of America’s thirty-second president. This remarkable and long- overdue biography traces Franklin Roosevelt’s religious development from childhood through Peabody’s Groton School to the presidency, during which FDR continued to serve as senior warden of St. James’ Episcopal Church in Hyde Park. Roosevelt’s self-description as a Christian and a Democrat comes alive in this excellent, thoroughly researched biography, a book that promises to reshape our understanding of the twentieth century’s most consequential president.” Janine Giordano Drake — University of Providence “Rare is the opportunity to read a biography by someone who ran in the same circles as the author but who was not an acquaintance. Through a collective biography of FDR’s many influences and their religious backgrounds, we learn that Franklin Roosevelt had the Social Gospel imprinted on his character. His boarding school teachers, as well as those of his wife Eleanor and his Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins, raised him with a strong sense of responsibility toward the less fortunate. This Social-Gospel-sense of “Christian charity” drove both his concern for the poor and his rejection of authoritarian methods of establishing justice. Woolverton and Bratt depict a man whose ‘simple faith’ drove his decisions in both domestic and foreign policy. It was this faith, they suggest, that helped save the prospects for democracy in the United States.” Matthew A. Sutton — Washington State University “Historians have not taken Franklin Roosevelt’s Christianity seriously enough when they analyze his response to the economic depression and then World War II. Thanks to John Woolverton’s excellent new biography, they will not make this mistake again. Woolverton masterfully demonstrates that to understand the Roosevelt presidency, we need to understand how the president’s Christian conceptions of faith, hope, and love shaped his policies and his views of the world.” Alison Collis Greene –Emory University “With James D. Bratt’s deft revision, this study of Franklin Roosevelt’s religious life by respected Episcopal historian John Woolverton arrives at just the right time. Woolverton’s warm but frank spiritual biography describes a president who practiced a Christianity based on hope, charity, and faith and grounded in a deep sense of mutual responsibility. This book is a reminder that American Christianity might have followed an alternative trajectory into the twenty-first century.”
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when asked at a press conference about the roots of his political philosophy, responded simply, “I am a Christian and a Democrat.” This is the story of how the first informed the second–how his upbringing in the Episcopal Church and matriculation at the Groton School under legendary educator and minister Endicott Peabody molded Roosevelt into a leader whose politics were fundamentally shaped by the Social Gospel. A work begun by religious historian John Woolverton (1926 2014) and recently completed by James Bratt, A Christian and a Democrat is an engaging analysis of the surprisingly spiritual life of one of the most consequential presidents in US history. Reading Woolverton’s account of FDR’s response to the toxic demagoguery of his day will reassure readers today that a constructive way forward is possible for Christians, for Americans, and for the world., When asked at a press conference about the roots of his political philosophy, President Franklin Roosevelt responded, “I am a Christian and a Democrat.” This volume–part of the popular and widely acclaimed Library of Religious Biography series–tells the story of how the first informed the second, showing how FDR’s upbringing in the Episcopal Church and education at the Groton School under legendary headmaster and minister Endicott Peabody formed him into a leader whose politics were fundamentally shaped by the social gospel. A work begun by religious historian John Woolverton (1926-2014) and recently completed by James Bratt, A Christian and a Democrat is an engaging analysis of the surprisingly significant religious life of one of the most important presidents in US history. Reading Woolverton’s account of FDR’s response to the toxic demagoguery of his day will reassure readers today that a constructive way forward is possible for Christians, for Americans, for the world.
LC Classification Number
E807.W695 2019
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