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About Dr. Gary Scott Smith
Dr. Gary Scott Smith chairs the history department at Grove City College and is a fellow for faith and politics with the Center for Vision & Values. He is the author of Religion in the Oval Office (Oxford University Press, 2015), Faith and the Presidency From George Washington to George W. Bush (Oxford University Press, 2009), Religion in the Oval Office and Heaven in the American Imagination (Oxford University Press, 2011).
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Panhandling and the Pope

March 9, 2017 Dr. Gary Scott Smith 6

Have you ever struggled with what to do when you encounter a person on the sidewalk of a major city or standing at a busy traffic intersection with a cup in hand? Have you given […]

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Pray tell, who is the real Donald Trump?

February 7, 2017 Dr. Gary Scott Smith 3

Last week President Donald Trump spoke to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., as his predecessors have consistently done since 1953. Called the Presidential Prayer Breakfast until 1970, the event routinely attracts 3,000 or […]

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Today the Vatican announced the names of the members of a new commission established to study the question of women in the diaconate. In May, Pope Francis told a gathering of women religious community leaders […]

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