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Religion and Politics: The Faith of President Bush

By Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Published October 5, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

Since President Bush experienced a spiritual awakening in 1985, he has used his personal convictions as a tool for enacting policy. In the second part of the Morning Edition series on religion and politics, NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty looks President Bush's faith.

Barbara Bradley Hagerty

Barbara Bradley Hagerty is the religion correspondent for NPR, reporting on the intersection of faith and politics, law, science and culture. Her New York Times best-selling book, "Fingerprints of God: The Search for the Science of Spirituality," was published by Riverhead/Penguin Group in May 2009. Among others, Barb has received the American Women in Radio and Television Award, the Headliners Award and the Religion Newswriters Association Award for radio reporting.