Faith of our Fathers
Presidential Faiths and Public Theology
Greetings,
Here you will find my Doctor of Ministry portfolio that serves as the capstone to my program of study. You can select each United States President to learn more about their time in office, their administration’s accomplishments, and how their theological outlook reflects their domestic agenda and foreign policy. This is also in podcast format that is on the page, along with being able to find it by clicking here. Please also be sure to check out the interviews I conducted with denominational experts exploring the denominations of the United States Presidents.
I am grateful for you taking the time to check out this portfolio. On a personal level it gave me great joy to create and think through. Furthermore, I learned so much more a topic I am deeply passionate about.
In hope,
Rob
The Rev. Robert W. Lee, MTS
Doctoral Candidate, The Pacific School of Religion
Fall 2023
A Capstone Portfolio by the Rev. Robert W. Lee, MTS
In partial completion of the Doctor of Ministry Degree at Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California.
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Database of The Theologies of the American Presidency
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President George Washington
1st President of the United States
Served from 1789-1797
Anglican/Deist
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President John Adams
2nd President of the United States
Served from 1797-1801
Unitarian
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President Thomas Jefferson
3rd President of the United States
Served from 1801-1809
Deist/Unaffiliated
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President James Madison
4th President of the United States
Served from 1809-1817
Episcopalian
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President James Monroe
5th President of the United States
Served from 1817-1825
Episcopalian
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President John Quincy Adams
6th President of the United States
Served from 1825-1829
Unitarian
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President Andrew Jackson
7th President of the United States
Served from 1829-1837
Presbyterian
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President Martin Van Buren
8th President of the United States
Served from 1837-1841
Dutch Reformed
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President William Henry Harrison
9th President of the United States
Served 1841
Episcopalian
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President John Tyler
10th President of the United States
Served from 1841-1845
Episcopalian
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President James K. Polk
11th President of the United States
Served from 1845-1849
Methodist
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President Zachary Taylor
12th President of the United States
Served 1849-1850
Episcopalian
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President Millard Fillmore
13th President of the United States
Served from 1850-1853
Unitarian
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President Franklin Pierce
14th President of the United States
Served from 1804-1869
Episcopalian
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President James Buchanan
15th President of the United States
Served from 1857-1861
Presbyterian
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President Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States
Served from 1861-1865
Unaffiliated
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President Andrew Johnson
17th President of the United States
Served from 1865-1869
Unaffiliated
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President Ulysses S. Grant
18th President of the United States
Served from 1869-1877
Methodist
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President Rutherford B. Hayes
19th President of the United States
Served from 1877-1881
Unaffiliated
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President James A. Garfield
20th President of the United States
Served 1881
Disciples of Christ
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President Chester A. Arthur
21st President of the United States
Served 1881-1885
Episcopalian
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President Grover Cleveland
22nd President of the United States
Served from 1885-1889
Presbyterian
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President Benjamin Harrison
23rd President of the United States
Served from 1889-1893
Presbyterian
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President Grover Cleveland
24th President of the United States*
Served from 1893-1897 (Second Term)
Presbyterian
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President William McKinley
25th President of the United States
Served from 1897-1901
Methodist
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President Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States
Served from 1901-1909
Dutch Reformed
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President William Howard Taft
27th President of the United States
Served from 1909-1913
Unitarian
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President Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States
Served from 1913-1921
Presbyterian
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President Warren G. Harding
29th President of the United States
Served from 1921-1923
American Baptist
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President Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States
Served from 1923-1929
Congregationalist
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President Herbert Hoover
31st President of the United States
Served from 1929-1933
Quaker
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President Franklin Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States
Served from 1933-1945
Episcopalian
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President Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States
Served from 1945-1953
American Baptist
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President Dwight Eisenhower
34th President of the United States
Served from 1953-1961
Presbyterian
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President John F. Kennedy
35th President of the United States
Served from 1961-1963
Roman Catholic
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
36th President of the United States
Served from 1963-1969
Disciples of Christ
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President Richard M. Nixon
37th President of the United States
Served from 1969-1974
Quaker
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President Gerald R. Ford
38th President of the United States
Served from 1974-1977
Episcopalian
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President Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States
Served from 1977-1981
Baptist
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President Ronald Reagan
40th President of the United States
Served 1981-1989
Presbyterian
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President George H. W. Bush
41st President of the United States
Served from 1989-1993
Episcopalian
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President Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States
Served from 1993-2001
Baptist
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President George W. Bush
43rd President of the United States
Served from 2001-2009
United Methodist
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President Barack Obama
44th President of the United States
Served from 2009-2017
United Church of Christ/Unaffiliated
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President Donald J. Trump
45th President of the United States
Served from 2017-2021
Non-Denominational
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President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
46th President of the United States
Served from 2021-Present
Roman Catholic