The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents: From Truman to Obama

Author David L. Holmes will discuss his book The Faiths of the Postwar Presidents: From Truman to Obama at the Rochester Hills Public Library on Tuesday, September 11, at 7 p.m. His book describes the private and public faiths of the twelve postwar American presidents. Dwight Eisenhower, for example, was raised in the Jehovah’s Witnesses. Richard Nixon was privately a Unitarian who denied the Biblical miracles and the divinity of Christ. Despite rarely attending church, Ronald Reagan seems … [Read more...]