Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics

by Rebecca L Davis and Rebecca L. Davis

Book Overview

Personal reinvention is a core part of the human condition. Yet in the mid-twentieth century, certain private religious choices became lightning rods for public outrage and debate.

Public Confessions reveals the controversial religious conversions that shaped modern America. Rebecca L. Davis explains why the new faiths of notable figures including Clare Boothe Luce, Whittaker Chambers, Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali, Chuck...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1469664879
• ISBN13: 9781469664873
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.7" x 9.4"