A Christian and a Democrat: A Religious Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt

by John F. Woolverton and James D. Bratt

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.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802876854
• ISBN13: 9780802876850
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"