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    The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency
    The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency
    The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency
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    The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency

    Written by Christine Wicker

    Narrated by Virginia Wolf

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    About this audiobook

    In The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, religion journalist and author Christine Wicker establishes that faith was at the heart of everything Roosevelt wanted for the American people.

    This powerful book is the first in-depth look at how one of America's richest, most patrician presidents became a passionate and beloved champion of the downtrodden-and took the country with him. Those who knew Roosevelt best invariably credited his spiritual faith as the source of his passion for democracy, justice, and equality. Like many Americans of that time, his beliefs were simple. He believed the God who heard his prayers and answered them expected him to serve others. He anchored his faith in biblical stories and teachings. During times so hard that the country would have followed him anywhere, he summoned the better angels of the American character in ways that have never been surpassed.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateOct 10, 2017
    ISBN9781541480841
    The Simple Faith of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Religion's Role in the FDR Presidency
    Author

    Christine Wicker

    Christine Wicker was raised in Oklahoma, Texas, and other parts of the South. Her mother's grandfather was an itinerant Baptist preacher, and her dad's father was a Kentucky coal miner. During her seventeen years at the Dallas Morning News, she was a feature writer, columnist, and religion reporter. She is the author of several books, including the highly acclaimed New York Times bestseller Lily Dale: The True Story of the Town That Talks to the Dead.

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