Solemn Reverence: The Separation of Church and State in American Life
In: Sunlight Editions Ser.
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In: Sunlight Editions Ser.
In: Politics, religion & ideology, Band 25, Heft 2, S. 311-313
ISSN: 2156-7697
In: A journal of church and state: JCS, Band 66, Heft 1, S. 41-51
ISSN: 2040-4867
Abstract
One of the turning points in the 1960 presidential campaign was a gathering of 150 Protestant ministers at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington on September 7, 1960, two days after Labor Day. During the closed-door gathering, Protestant leaders, including Norman Vincent Peale, unanimously adopted a statement warning about the dangers to the First Amendment and the separation of church and state should a Roman Catholic be elected president. Drawing on newly available archival sources, this article examines the role of religion in the 1960 campaign, including John F. Kennedy's long struggle to neutralize the issue and the significance of Paul Blanshard's 1949 best-seller, American Freedom and Catholic Power. Although Peale was roundly criticized for his role in the Mayflower gathering, the real force behind the meeting was Billy Graham, who did not attend. After assuring Kennedy in a letter dated August 10, 1960, that he, Graham, would not raise the religious issue in the campaign, Graham, at Peale's behest, convened a group of Protestant ministers at the Montreux Palace Hotel in Switzerland eight days later to discuss how they could deny Kennedy's election in November. The direct consequence of the Montreux meeting was the Mayflower Hotel gathering. While Peale took the heat for the meeting, Graham continued to play both sides, insisting publicly that he was neutral in the presidential race while working behind the scenes to advance Nixon's candidacy, a strategy he employed again twenty years later in an attempt to jettison the reelection of a fellow evangelical, Jimmy Carter.
In: A journal of church and state: JCS, Band 65, Heft 3, S. 370-371
ISSN: 2040-4867
In: A journal of church and state: JCS, Band 63, Heft 1, S. 164-166
ISSN: 2040-4867
In: A journal of church and state: JCS, Band 57, Heft 3, S. 587-589
ISSN: 2040-4867
In: Political science quarterly: a nonpartisan journal devoted to the study and analysis of government, politics and international affairs ; PSQ, Band 129, Heft 2, S. 339-340
ISSN: 1538-165X
In: Political science quarterly: PSQ ; the journal public and international affairs, Band 129, Heft 2, S. 339-340
ISSN: 0032-3195
In: Journal of church and state: JCS, Band 52, Heft 2, S. 371-373
ISSN: 0021-969X
In: Peace review: peace, security & global change, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 47-51
ISSN: 1469-9982
In: A Ferris and Ferris Book Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Also by Randall Balmer -- Title -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Epigraph -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS -- INTRODUCTION. To Everything a Season: The Peculiar Passion Surrounding Team Sports -- CHAPTER 1. It Breaks Your Heart: The Industrial Revolution and the Origins of Baseball -- CHAPTER 2. A Great Moral Force: The Civil War and the Origins of Football -- CHAPTER 3. Soul of a Nation: The Canadian Confederation and the Origins of Hockey -- CHAPTER 4. A Labyrinth of Wanderings: Urbanization and the Origins of Basketball -- CONCLUSION. Shut Up and Dribble: From the Sanctuary to the Stadium -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- NOTES -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
In: The Columbia contemporary American religion series