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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “gary scott smith”
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  • Strength for the Fight

    The Life and Faith of Jackie Robinson

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    Series series Library of Religious Biography (LRB)
    How faith sustained Jackie Robinson—both as an athlete and as an activist.The integration of Major League Baseball in 1947 was a triumph. But it was also a fight. As the first Black major leaguer since the 1880s, Jackie Robinson knew he was not going to be welcomed into America's pastime with open arms. Anticipating hostility, he promised Brooklyn Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey that he ... Read more

    $24.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Duty and Destiny

    The Life and Faith of Winston Churchill

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    Series series Library of Religious Biography (LRB)
    A nuanced portrait of a great historical figure considered everything from a "God-haunted man" to a "stalwart nonbeliever"What did faith mean to Winston Churchill?Churchill was far from transparent about his religious beliefs and never regularly attended church services as an adult, even considering himself "not a pillar of the church but a buttress," in the sense that he supported it "from the ... Read more

    $30.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Suffer the Children

    How We Can Help Improve the Lives of the World’s Impoverished Children

    by Gary Scott Smith, Jane Marie Smith ...
    We all say that we care about children. We all know that millions of children around the world, including in the United States, are suffering physically, materially, and emotionally and are unable to reach their full potential. Moreover, their material deprivation and physical ills often prevent them from responding to the gospel. Most of us conclude that we cannot do anything significant to help ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Standing Strong

    Grove City College's 150-Year Journey in Faith, Freedom, and the Pursuit of Excellence

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    For 150 years, Grove City College has powerfully promoted faith, freedom, and the pursuit of excellence.Grove City College is perhaps best known for its 1984 Supreme Court battle with the federal government over financial aid—a case that led the college to reject all federal funding. But the history of Grove City College goes much deeper and has cut against the grain in many other ways. From its ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Faith and the Presidency From George Washington to George W. Bush

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    In the wake of the 2004 election, pundits were shocked at exit polling that showed that 22% of voters thought 'moral values' was the most important issue at stake. People on both sides of the political divide believed this was the key to victory for George W. Bush, who professes a deep and abiding faith in God. While some fervent Bush supporters see him as a man chosen by God for the White House, ... Read more

    $34.19 USD

  • Religion in the Oval Office

    The Religious Lives of American Presidents

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    In his highly praised book Faith and the Presidency, Gary Scott Smith cast a revealing light on the role religion has played in presidential politics throughout our nation's history, offering comprehensive, even-handed examinations of the role of religion in the lives, politics, and policies of eleven presidents. Now, in Religion in the Oval Office, Smith takes on eleven more of our nation's most ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Do All the Good You Can

    How Faith Shaped Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Politics

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    Methodism in the public and private lives of the politicianAfter more than forty contentious years in the public eye, Hillary Rodham Clinton is one of the best-known political figures in the nation. Yet the strong religious faith at the heart of her politics and personal life often remains confounding, if not mysterious, to longtime observers. Even many of her admirers would be surprised to hear ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • Mark Twain

    Preacher, Prophet, and Social Philosopher

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    Series series Spiritual Lives
    Mark Twain's literary works have intrigued and inspired readers from the late 1860s to the present. His varied experiences as a journeyman printer, river boat pilot, prospector, journalist, novelist, humorist, businessman, and world traveller, combined with his incredible imagination and astonishing creativity, enabled him to devise some of American literature's most memorable characters and ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • American Religious History

    Belief and Society through Time [3 volumes]

    Edited by Gary Scott Smith ...
    A mix of thematic essays, reference entries, and primary source documents covering the role of religion in American history and life from the colonial era to the present.Often controversial, religion has been an important force in shaping American culture. Religious convictions strongly influenced colonial and state governments as well as the United States as a new republic. Religious teachings, ... Read more

    $278.99 USD

  • Heaven in the American Imagination

    by Gary Scott Smith ...
    Does heaven exist? If so, what is it like? And how does one get in? Throughout history, painters, poets, philosophers, pastors, and many ordinary people have pondered these questions. Perhaps no other topic captures the popular imagination quite like heaven. Gary Scott Smith examines how Americans from the Puritans to the present have imagined heaven. He argues that whether Americans have ... Read more

    $44.09 USD

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  • American Gospel

    God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation

    by Jon Meacham ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham presents “a nimble examination of how American leaders . . . have wrestled with God personally and publicly” (USA Today)—now featuring a new Afterword by the author“A revealing and useful primer on an important, timely, and often volatile topic.”—Chicago TribuneAt a time when our country seems divided by extremism, American ... Read more

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  • Head and Heart

    A History of Christianity in America

    by Garry Wills ...
    Look out for a new book from Garry Wills, What the Qur'an Meant, coming fall 2017.Gary Wills has won significant acclaim for his bestselling works of religion and history. Here, for the first time, he combines both disciplines in a sweeping examination of Christianity in America throughout the last 400 years. Wills argues that the struggle now, as throughout our nation's history, is between the ... Read more

    $6.99 USD