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Truman kept his religious beliefs private and alienated some Baptist leaders by doing so. [99] Dwight D. Eisenhower – Presbyterian [16] Eisenhower's religious upbringing is the subject of some controversy, due to the conversion of his parents to the Bible Student movement, the forerunner of the Jehovah's Witnesses, in the late 1890s
Pages in category "Religious views of presidents of the United States" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
No. Name Term Religious affiliation 1: John Adams: 1789–1797: Unitarian originally Congregationalist: 2: Thomas Jefferson: 1797–1801: Christian Deist/Deist.Although raised as an Anglican, Jefferson later in life rejected the idea of the divinity of Jesus and became a deist.
Jefferson was raised in the Church of England at a time when it was the established church in Virginia and the only denomination funded by Virginia tax money. Before the Revolution, parishes were units of local government, and Jefferson served as a vestryman, a lay administrative position in his local parish.
Ivanka Trump (far right) with (from center to right) her father, second stepmother, and husband at the Western Wall at Temple Mount in Jerusalem in May 2017. Although Trump's daughter Ivanka Trump was raised as a Presbyterian Christian, [12] she converted to Orthodox Judaism in July 2009, [13] [14] after studying with Elie Weinstock from the Modern Orthodox Ramaz School, prior to her marriage ...
Politicians frequently discuss their religion when campaigning, and many churches and religious figures are highly politically active. As important as religion is in politics, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, had to fight his way into office due to his controversial thoughts about religion. His writing was often seen ...
In Abraham Lincoln: Redeemer President, historian Allen C. Guelzo argues that Lincoln's boyhood inculcation of Calvinism was the dominant thread running through his adult life. He characterizes Lincoln's worldview as a kind of "Calvinized deism." [69] A Bible that belonged to President Abraham Lincoln resurfaced 150 years after his death.
Two books exploring Washington's religious beliefs—Realistic Visionary by Peter Henriques, and Faith and the Presidency by Gary Scott Smith—both categorize Washington as a theistic rationalist which is described as a hybrid belief system somewhere between strict deism and orthodox Christianity, with rationalism as the predominant element. [87]