One Lost Soul
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One Lost Soul

Richard Nixon's Search for Salvation

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One Lost Soul

Richard Nixon's Search for Salvation

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Impious and amoral, petty and vindictive, Richard Nixon is not the typical protagonist of a religious biography. But spiritual drama is at the heart of this former president's tragic story. The night before his resignation, Richard Nixon wept—and prayed. Though his demanding parents had raised him Quaker, he wasn't a regular churchgoer, nor was he quick to express vulnerability. As Henry Kissinger witnessed Nixon's loneliness and humiliation that night, he remarked, "Can you imagine what this man would have been had somebody loved him?" In this provocative and riveting biography, Daniel Silliman cuts to the heart of Nixon's tragedy: Nixon wanted to be loved by God but couldn't figure out how. This profound theological struggle underlay his successes and scandals, his turbulent political career, his history-changing victories, and his ultimate disgrace. As Silliman narrates the arc of his subject's life and career, he connects Nixon's character to religious influences in twentieth-century America—from Cold War Christianity to Chick tracts. Silliman paints a nuanced spiritual portrait of the thirty-seventh president, just as he offers fresh insight into US political and religious history. Readers who lived through Watergate will discover a new perspective on an infamous controversy. A historical page-turner, One Lost Soul will surprise and absorb students, scholars, and anyone who likes a good story.

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Publisher
Eerdmans
Year
2024
ISBN
9781467469067
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
Political Biographies
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. 1. Salvation by Work / 1913–1933
  8. 2. Cold Warrior Christian / 1948
  9. 3. The Checkers Prayer / 1952
  10. 4. The Religion Issue / 1960
  11. 5. The Highest Mandate / 1968
  12. 6. Church in the White House / 1969
  13. 7. Peace, Peace, but There Is No Peace / 1969–1973
  14. 8. To Be a Great Man / 1972
  15. 9. The Final Judgment / 1974
  16. 10. Redeeming Himself / 1974–1994
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. A Note on Sources
  19. Select Bibliography