Presidential Faith and Foreign Policy: Are Times Changing?


 

Publication Date: January 2007

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Elizabeth Edwards Spalding

Research Area: Culture and religion; Government

Keywords: Religion; politics

Type: Speech

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

President Bush has received criticism for openly expressing his personal faith and stressing the religious element in the "war on terror." Bush is not alone in having his faith influence his presidency. Harry Truman and Woodrow Wilson also linked foreign policy to religion.