The Mighty And The Almighty
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The Mighty And The Almighty

How Political Leaders Do God

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The Mighty And The Almighty

How Political Leaders Do God

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About This Book

For a secular age, we have a lot of religious politicians.Theresa May, Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel, even Donald Trump all profess Christianity, as did Obama, Brown, Sarkozy, Bush and Blair before them. Indeed, it is striking how many Christian Presidents and Prime Ministers have assumed the global stage over recent years. In spite of Alastair Campbell's oft- (and mis-) quoted line, 'We don't do God', it seems like we definitely do.But how sincere is this faith? Is not much of it simply window-dressing for the electorate, paste-on haloes to calm the moral majority? Conversely, how dangerous is it? If we elect our politicians to do our democratic will, do we really want them praying to God for advice?The Mighty and the Almighty looks at some of the biggest political figures of the past forty years - from Thatcher and Reagan, through Mandela and Clinton, to May and Trump - and looks at how they 'did God'. Did their faith actually shape their politics, and if so, how? Or did their politics shape their faith? And does it matter if it did?In an age when religion is more important on the global stage than anyone would have predicted fifty years ago, this book will tell you everything you want to know, and some things you won't, about how the Mighty get on with the Almighty.

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Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Year
2017
ISBN
9781785902628
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Politics
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Contributors
  6. Introduction by Nick Spencer
  7. Margaret Thatcher (1979–90) by Nick Spencer
  8. Ronald Reagan (1981–89) by Nick Spencer
  9. Václav Havel (1989–92, 1993–2003) by Natan Mladin
  10. Bill Clinton (1993–2001) by Simon Perfect
  11. Nelson Mandela (1994–99) by Paul Bickley
  12. John Howard (1996–2007) by Clare Purtill
  13. Tony Blair (1997–2007) by Andrew Connell
  14. Mary McAleese (1997–2011) by Elizabeth Oldfield
  15. Viktor Orbán (1998–2002, 2010–) by Joseph Ewing
  16. Vladimir Putin (2000–08, 2012–) by Ben Ryan
  17. George W. Bush (2001–09) by Hannah Malcolm
  18. Angela Merkel (2005–) by Nick Spencer
  19. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (2006–) by Maddy Fry
  20. Gordon Brown (2007–10) by Paul Bickley
  21. Kevin Rudd (2007–10) by Andrew Connell
  22. Nicolas Sarkozy (2007–12) by Ben Ryan
  23. Lee Myung-bak (2008–13) by Henry van Oosterom
  24. Fernando Lugo (2008–12) by Ben Ryan
  25. Barack Obama (2009–17) by Simon Perfect
  26. Goodluck Jonathan (2010–15) by Maddy Fry
  27. David Cameron (2010–16) by Nick Spencer
  28. Tony Abbott (2013–15) by Gillian Madden
  29. Theresa May (2016–) by Nick Spencer
  30. Donald Trump (2017–) by Nick Spencer
  31. Conclusion by Nick Spencer
  32. Copyright