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?Our form of government has no sense unless it is founded in a deeply felt religious faith, and I don?t care what it is. With us, of course, it is the Judeo-Christian concept, but it must be a religion that all men are created equal.??So said Dwight D. Eisenhower shortly after being elected president of the United States in 1952. Although this statement has been variously interpreted, it reflects one of his fundamental guiding principles: that for a country to thrive, it needs a shared identity, formed through common values, history, and purpose. For Eisenhower, this could be found most distinctly in shared faith?a concept that came to be known as American civil religion, which defined and drove much of the cohesion of the 1950s under Eisenhower?s leadership.?This biography tells the story of how deeply religious convictions ran through every aspect of Eisenhower?s public life: his decision to become a soldier, his crusade against fascism and communism, his response to the civil
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