One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America (64 page)

Pentagon, religious practices at,
83

PepsiCo.,
254

Percy, Walker (novelist),
243

Perot, H. Ross (executive),
265

Pew, J. Howard, Jr. (executive),
16–17
,
20–22
,
28
,
46
,
103
,
225
,
252
,
264

Pew, Joseph Newton, Jr. (executive),
46

Pfeffer, Leo (lawyer),
168

Philbin, Philip J. (representative),
118

Phillips, John (representative),
48

Piety, patriotism and,
130
,
135
,
153
,
169
,
206
,
241
,
243
,
277
,
286
,
290

Pike, James A. (Episcopal bishop),
189
,
212

Pledge of Allegiance

     
celebrations of new,
110–111

     
George H. W. Bush's use as partisan issue,
282–283

     
George M. Docherty and,
105–107

     
music,
111

     
as official pledge,
102

     
original,
100–102

     
required recitations in schools,
288

     
“under God” inserted into,
102–104
,
106–110
,
116
,
124
,
169
,
178
,
186
,
272
,
293

Pollock, Channing (author),
15

Potter, Charles (senator),
113

Powers, James E. (American Legion commander),
210–211

Prayer

     
cabinet meetings opened with,
81–84

     
corporate,
190

     
First Amendment and,
175
,
179
,
181
,
182

     
John F. Kennedy's comments on,
184–185

     
National Day of Prayer,
55–57

     
in political life,
47
,
98

     
in public schools,
170–190
,
205

     
at Republican National Convention,
275

     
See also
Public prayer

Prayer amendment,
203–237

     
hearings in the House,
215–224

     
in House of Representatives,
207–224

     
opposition to,
206–207
,
213–215
,
217–221
,
223
,
225–226
,
231–234

     
in Senate,
227–237

     
separation of church and state,
209
,
224–225

Prayer breakfast meetings,
36
,
41–45
,
79–80
,
278–279

Precision Valve Corporation,
264

Prentis, H. W. (NAM president),
6
,
15

Project Prayer,
222
,
231

Protestant Council,
172

Protestants and Other Americans United for the Separation of Church and State (POAU),
xvi
,
99
,
123
,
240

Proudly They Came
. . .
To Honor America
(album),
272–273

Public prayer,
75
,
98

     
national heritage of,
175

     
Nixon inauguration,
244

     
as political development,
36

     
popularization of,
38–39

     
school prayer amendment,
203–237

Public relations

     
Advertising Council and,
131

     
faith emphasized in campaigns,
6

     
National Association of Manufacturers (NAM),
4
,
6

     
piety and,
251

     
prayer and,
37

Public service campaigns,
131

Publishing, religion in,
138–139

Puder, Glen D. (minister),
128

Quaker Oats Company,
46

Rabaut, Louis C. (representative),
102–104
,
108–111
,
113–115

Racial segregation,
95
,
184
,
205

Randolph, William (representative),
185

Rayburn, Sam (representative),
50
,
54
,
102

Reagan, Ronald (president),
xiv
,
28
,
275–281

     
Committee to Proclaim Liberty and,
28

     
Disneyland dedication,
127–128

     
Fred Schwarz and,
148

     
“God Bless America” phrase use,
275–277

     
“Hollywood's Answer to Communism” and,
155

     
National Affairs Briefing of the Religious Roundtable,
278

     
National Association of Religious Broadcasters (NARB) address,
279

     
National Prayer Breakfast,
278

     
renomination as president,
280–281

     
at Republican National Convention,
275–276

     
sacralization of state by,
278

     
school prayer amendment,
278–279

     
at Southern California School of Anti-Communism,
153–154

“Regents' Prayer,”
171–173
,
175
,
177–179
,
182–183
,
185

Reitman, Alan (ACLU official),
123

Religion

     
in politics,
124
,
130
,
244
,
255
,
280
,
286

     
in popular culture,
130

     
in public life,
82
,
166
,
190
,
206
,
237
,
244
,
292–294

     
in public schools,
165–201

“Religion in American Life” (RIAL) campaign,
132–138

Religious revival

     
“Back to God” movement,
73–75

     
Eisenhower administration and,
87–88
,
96
,
100
,
130
,
293

     
March of Freedom and,
90

     
Nixon administration and,
247

     
postwar,
68
,
112
,
176

     
Reagan administration and,
276–277

     
“Religion in American Life” (RIAL) campaign and,
134

Religious heritage

     
generalizations about,
172

     
Hugo Black and,
180

     
public prayer,
175
,
178

     
school prayer and,
170
,
172
,
180

Religious nationalism,
161
,
169
,
241–242
,
246
,
273
,
292

Religious Observance Committee,
244–245

Religious right,
277–279
,
281
,
287
,
290
,
293

Republic Steel Corporation,
20
,
21
,
23
,
28
,
69
,
254

Republican National Conventions,
ix
,
46
,
59
,
60
,
62
,
153
,
216
,
224
,
242
,
275–276
,
282
,
285
,
288

Reston, James “Scotty” (journalist),
60

Reuther, Walter (labor leader),
103
,
160

Rhodes, Fred (lay preacher),
252–253

Richards, Ann (governor),
282

Richardson, Sid (oilman),
50–51
,
54
,
58–59
,
64
,
69
,
84
,
87

Richfield Oil Company,
130
,
153
,
156–159

Ridgway, Matthew (general),
33

The Road to Serfdom
(Hayek),
19

Robb, R. E. (columnist),
97

Roberts, Cliff (investment banker),
72

Robertson, A. Willis (senator),
47
,
54

Robertson, Pat (evangelist),
47
,
277
,
278
,
279
,
282
,
285
,
291–292

Robinson, Claude (Opinion Research president),
86

Romney, George (governor),
247

Romney, Mitt (governor),
292

Roosevelt, Franklin D. (president),
4–8
,
11–14
,
16
,
28
,
39–40
,
89
,
128
,
140
,
275

Roosevelt, Theodore (president),
112

Ross, Roy (minister),
114

Rostow, Eugene (dean),
xv
,
98–99
,
176
,
293

Roth, Larry (parent),
174–175

Rove, Karl (Bush strategist),
290

Rovere, Richard (writer),
159

Rucker, Allen W. (author),
26

Ruegemer, E. J. (judge),
145–147

Rushdoony, R. J. (missionary),
26

Russell, Henry Edward (minister),
253

Russell, Richard (senator),
253

Safire, William (Nixon speechwriter),
284

Salit, Norman (Synagogue League of America president),
114

San Diego Gas & Electric Company,
29–30

Sawyer, Henry (attorney),
195

Schempp, Edward (parent),
193
,
197–198

Schempp, Ellory (high school student),
192–193

Schick Safety Razor Company,
152
,
156
,
158

Schools

     
Bible readings in,
190–201
,
205

     
Engel v. Vitale
,
174–190

     
Gideon Bible distribution to,
165–169

     
“In God We Trust” motto placement in classrooms,
191

     
parochial,
xvi
,
99
,
103
,
180

     
Pledge of Allegiance required recitations,
288

     
prayer amendment and,
203–237
,
278–279

     
prayer in public schools,
170–190
,
205