Theodore Roosevelt - Preaching From the Bully Pulpit

This biography traces Roosevelt's personal religious odyssey from youthful faith and pious devotion to a sincere but more detached adult faith. Based in large part on personal correspondence and unpublished archival materials, this book offers a new interpretation of an extremely significant historical figure.

List of contents

• Chapter One: Doer of the Word, 1858-1876


• Chapter Two: Trust in the Lord and Do Good, 1876-1886


• Chapter Three: Preacher of Righteousness, 1886-1901


• Chapter Four: Hearkening Unto Joshua, 1901-1909


• Chapter Five: Wielding the Big Stick, 1901-1909


• Chapter Six: Standing at Armageddon, 1909-1914


• Chapter Seven: The Kingdom of God on Earth, 1909-1914


• Chapter Eight: A Great Crusader, 1914-1919


• Selected Bibliography

About the author

Benjamin J. Wetzel is Assistant Professor of History at Taylor University.

Summary

This biography traces Roosevelt's personal religious odyssey from youthful faith and pious devotion to a sincere but more detached adult faith. Based in large part on personal correspondence and unpublished archival materials, this book offers a new interpretation of an extremely significant historical figure.

Product details

• Authors: Benjamin J. Wetzel, Benjamin J. (Assistant Professor of Histor Wetzel
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.04.2021
• EAN: 9780198865803
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886580-3
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Spiritual Lives
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), RELIGION / Religion, Politics & State, Christianity, Religion & politics, Biography: religious & spiritual, Religion and Politics, History of the Americas, Christian spirituality & religious experience, Spirituality and religious experience, Biography: religious and spiritual, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches