This book explores the relationship between the religious beliefs of presidents and their foreign policymaking. Through the application of a new methodological approach that provides a cognetic narrative of each president, this study reveals the significance of religion's impact on U.S. foreign policy.

William Steding is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Presidential History at Southern Methodist University, USA.

Introduction 1. Religion in the American Political Sphere 2. Jimmy Carter's Cognetic Narrative: An Evangelical Engineer 3. Jimmy Carter's Evangelical Mission: Human Rights 4. Redemption: Jimmy Carter and the Panama Canal Treaties 5. Jimmy Carter's Just Peace in the Middle East 6. Ronald Reagan's Cognetic Narrative: All-American Alchemist 7. Ronald Reagan's Divine Imperium of Freedom 8. Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative 9. The Strategic Defense Initiative and US-Soviet Relations: 1983-1987 Conclusion