In Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump, I wrote: [Billy] Graham’s relationship with Richard Nixon brought him closer to the world of presidential politics than he had ever been before. The two stayed in close contact during the years...
Elesha Coffman
In Defense of Empathy
In a recent post at The Anxious Bench, Elesha Coffman of Baylor University asks, “Why was [Robert] Orsi, whose scholarly home is the American Academy of Religion, giving a plenary at the C[onference on] F[aith and H[istory]?” As the person who...
"The Bible Cause" Symposium at Religion in American History Blog
As many of you know, I got my start as a blogger writing for Religion in American History. Â I was there in the early days. Actually, I was Paul Harvey’s first regular contributor to what has become a must-read-blog for...