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