{"id":2892,"date":"2009-05-04T14:31:26","date_gmt":"2009-05-04T19:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=2892"},"modified":"2014-01-06T14:30:53","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T19:30:53","slug":"shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/","title":{"rendered":"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly managing editor Kim Lawton about religion&#8217;s role in the 1960 presidential race, the extent of anti-Catholic activity, Kennedy campaign strategies, the involvement of Billy Graham, and parallels between Kennedy and Obama.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fwnet%2Freligionandethics%2Fepisodes%2Fby-faith%2Fcatholic%2Fshaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president%2F2892%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden;width:450px;height:80px\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Kim Lawton about religion&#8217;s role in the 1960 presidential race. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/\" class=\"more\">More <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":16536,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10243,321,4774,17914,1956,984,4772,26,4771,4758],"class_list":["post-2892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-1960s","tag-barack-obama","tag-billy-graham","tag-catholic","tag-john-f-kennedy","tag-politics","tag-presidency","tag-religion","tag-richard-nixon","tag-shaun-casey","topics-politics","faith-catholic"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President | May 4, 2009 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Kim Lawton about religion&#039;s role in the 1960 presidential race.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President | May 4, 2009 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Kim Lawton about religion&#039;s role in the 1960 presidential race.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-04T19:31:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-01-06T19:30:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/05\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"100\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"fabiana ramirez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"fabiana ramirez\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"fabiana ramirez\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b7341f0157ac105b75b5095a1be840e\"},\"headline\":\"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-04T19:31:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-01-06T19:30:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":60,\"commentCount\":3,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"1960s\",\"Barack Obama\",\"Billy Graham\",\"Catholic\",\"John F. Kennedy\",\"Politics\",\"Presidency\",\"Religion\",\"Richard Nixon\",\"Shaun Casey\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/\",\"name\":\"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President | May 4, 2009 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-04T19:31:26+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-01-06T19:30:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b7341f0157ac105b75b5095a1be840e\"},\"description\":\"Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Kim Lawton about religion's role in the 1960 presidential race.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/04\\\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\\\/2892\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/files\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg\",\"width\":200,\"height\":100},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/\",\"name\":\"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion&#039;s role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/search-results\\\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9b7341f0157ac105b75b5095a1be840e\",\"name\":\"fabiana ramirez\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.pbs.org\\\/wnet\\\/religionandethics\\\/author\\\/fabiana-ramirez\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President | May 4, 2009 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","description":"Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Kim Lawton about religion's role in the 1960 presidential race.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President | May 4, 2009 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_description":"Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Kim Lawton about religion's role in the 1960 presidential race.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/","og_site_name":"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2009-05-04T19:31:26+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-01-06T19:30:53+00:00","og_image":[{"width":200,"height":100,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/05\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"fabiana ramirez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"fabiana ramirez"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/"},"author":{"name":"fabiana ramirez","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/9b7341f0157ac105b75b5095a1be840e"},"headline":"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President","datePublished":"2009-05-04T19:31:26+00:00","dateModified":"2014-01-06T19:30:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/"},"wordCount":60,"commentCount":3,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/05\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg","keywords":["1960s","Barack Obama","Billy Graham","Catholic","John F. Kennedy","Politics","Presidency","Religion","Richard Nixon","Shaun Casey"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/","name":"Shaun Casey: The Making of a Catholic President | May 4, 2009 | Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/05\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg","datePublished":"2009-05-04T19:31:26+00:00","dateModified":"2014-01-06T19:30:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/9b7341f0157ac105b75b5095a1be840e"},"description":"Shaun Casey, author of THE MAKING OF A CATHOLIC PRESIDENT: KENNEDY VS NIXON 1960, talks with Kim Lawton about religion's role in the 1960 presidential race.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2009\/05\/04\/shaun-casey-the-making-of-a-catholic-president\/2892\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/05\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2009\/05\/thumb02-shauncaseyjfk.jpg","width":200,"height":100},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion &amp; Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion&#039;s role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/9b7341f0157ac105b75b5095a1be840e","name":"fabiana ramirez","sameAs":["http:\/\/"],"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/fabiana-ramirez\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2892\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}