A Catholic in the White House? : religion, politics, and John F. Kennedy's presidential campaign / Thomas Carty.

Includes bibliographical references (pages ) and index.

Introduction : the unresolved "Catholic issue" : the debate about religion's role in the 1960 presidential campaign -- Ch. 1. Popish plots, religious liberty, and the emerging face of American Catholicism before 1928 -- Ch. 2. Protestant America or a nation of immigrants? : Al Smith, Joe Kennedy, and Jim Farley pursue the nation's highest office -- Ch. 3. Nativist anti-Catholicism or Christian evangelization? : Billy Graham, Norman Vincent Peale, and the marginalization of religion during the 1960 presidential campaign -- Ch. 4. Religious liberty or religious test? : debating the 1960 campaign's "Catholic issue" in liberal organizations and media -- Ch. 5. Defining religious bigotry : pluralism and political strategy in the 1960 presidential election -- Ch. 6. The cold war and the domestic response to Kennedy's Catholicism -- Ch. 7. Testing the "Bailey thesis" : state-level reactions to a Catholic presidential candidate in California, Georgia, Michigan, and New York -- Epilogue : Catholics and presidential elections since 1960.