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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. This list may not reflect recent changes .
For low income religious people, there is almost no correlation between their religious beliefs and their voting decision. [20] George W. Bush, a Methodist, earned a slim victory over John Kerry, with voters who cited "moral values" (a commonly used term among religiously-inclined voters) playing a crucial part in the election. [21]
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.
Barack Obama swearing the oath of office of the president of the United States using the Bible of Abraham Lincoln. Allegations that Barack Obama secretly practices Islam, [1] or that he is the antichrist of Christian eschatology, or covertly holds some other esoteric religious position, have been suggested since he campaigned for the U.S. Senate in 2004 and proliferated after his election as ...
Ellison's photo-op reenactment of his swearing in ceremony with Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an. In mid-November 2006, it was reported that Keith Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to the United States Congress, would take his oath of office (as a representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district) with his hand on the Qur'an.
“Well, my religion, for the lack of a better word, is one of curiosity, where we want to expand the scope and scale of consciousness on Earth and beyond Earth,” he said.
On September 17, 2001—six days after al-Qaeda's September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon—George W. Bush, then president of the United States, delivered remarks at the Islamic Center of Washington (also called the speech at the Islamic Center of Washington or "Islam Is Peace"), a speech that affirmed that the vast majority of Muslims were unassociated with, and ...