They skew to the stridently self-righteous.

On this Sunday, the President of the United States- weekending at one of his golf clubs, lining his pockets with tax dollars paid to house his entourage- didn't attend church, but he did post a video showing him beating up a CNN reporter.

Christian Century reviews two new books on the "troubling faith" of another Presbyterian President, Woodrow Wilson this week.

A century on, one hears its echoes in the pronouncements of the current president.

Presbyterians rarely seem to send their best to the upper reaches of public service: