For nearly three decades, political observers have sought to
understand the complex relationship between Hillary Clinton's faith
and her politics. Now, in this first spiritual biography of the
former first lady, acclaimed historian Paul Kengor sets out to
answer the elusive question: What does Hillary Clinton believe?
Based on exhaustive research, "God and Hillary Clinton" tells
the surprising story of Hillary's spiritual evolution, detailing
how her lifelong religious beliefs have intertwined with her
personal history to make her the politician that she is today. Born
into a strict Methodist family and raised on a spiritual diet of
private prayer and self-reliance, Hillary, at a young age, used the
Methodist Church's emphasis on community service to catalyze her
involvement in the changing world.
From this unique foundation, Kengor looks at how the chaos of
1960s and 1970s America challenged Hillary's religious
underpinnings, as she found herself drifting from her roots.
Following her faith through her relationship with an aspiring
politician named William Jefferson Clinton, Kengor examines the
motivations that eventually led Hillary back to church as first
lady of Arkansas and how her revitalized beliefs shaped her time
there--from her Bible-study group to her husband's infidelities as
governor.
Although Hillary endured many hardships in Little Rock, her days
in the White House tested her faith like no other time. Sifting
through the spiritual impact of Hillary's ill-fated experimentation
with New Age mysticism and the disastrous Monica Lewinsky scandal,
Kengor investigates how she relied on God for the power to save her
marriage and survive the most difficult chapter of her political
career.
While this spiritual chronology of Clinton's life is important,
it does not tell the full story of her belief. Here Kengor fills in
the gaps between the facts, analyzing the fraught relationship
between her faith and her secular policies--most notably how she
reconciles her pro-choice stance on abortion to her Christian
beliefs--and scrutinizing how these policies have changed over the
course of her political career. What emerges is an unexpected
portrait of a political figure whose ideals have been shaped by
both the power of her politics and the depth of her faith.
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