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Grant Wacker
Grant Wacker, professor emeritus of church history at Duke Divinity School, is author of America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation.
Russell Moore speaks truth to his community
The Christianity Today editor and former Southern Baptist leader is gravely concerned about the soul of US evangelicalism.
August 25, 2023
The complicated Lindbergh
It’s hard to strike the right balance in a biography of the heroic aviator and antisemitic activist. Christopher Gehrz succeeds brilliantly.
December 2, 2021
A history of the Pilgrims that neither idolizes nor demonizes them
Historian John Turner tells the story of Plymouth Colony with nuance and care.
January 14, 2021
Billy Graham and Barack Obama each offered a pastoral voice in a time of tragedy
We need someone to speak to our moment, too.
November 20, 2020
Ivan the gorilla’s smart-mouthed sidekick gets his own sequel
Katherine Applegate’s books for children are just as engaging for grown-ups.
October 22, 2020
The big business of evangelical Christian publishing
Daniel Vaca details the marriage of missionary zeal and financial reward.
June 23, 2020
FDR’s faith
John Woolverton addresses a gap in Roosevelt scholarship with elegance and insight.
October 23, 2019
Billy Graham’s legacy for Christians, evangelical and otherwise
As the years passed, Graham’s list of doctrinal dealbreakers got shorter. He kept preaching his simple, nonsectarian call to faith.
February 21, 2018
Take & Read: American religious history
Grant Wacker recommends the best recently published books in his field.
September 25, 2017
Take & Read: American religious history
Grant Wacker recommends the best recently published books in his field.
September 28, 2016
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