God in the White House: How Faith Shaped the Presidency from John F. Kennedy to George W. Bush

Richard Nixon was a personal friend of Billy Graham and inaugurated White House worship services, but his administration's "Dirty Tricks"- the Watergate cover-up, and the foul language revealed on the Oval Office tapes- suggested that the impact of religion on his presidency was minimal. Seven appendices of primary source material, including John Kennedy's address to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association, Gerald Ford's proclamation of pardon for Richard Nixon, and Jimmy Carter's "Crisis of Confidence" speech, add to the book's value and usefulness.