Parallel Empires: The Vatican and the United States—Two Centuries of Alliance and Conflict By Massimo Franco (Doubleday, 221 pages, $26) Against the Grain: Christianity and Democracy, War and Peace By George Weigel (Crossroad, 339 pages, $24.95) Two recent books attempt…
Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America By Steven Waldman (Random House, 205 pages, $26) THE PLACE OF RELIGION IN AMERICA is a problem as old as our republic. It has been a flash point…
The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House By Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy (Center Street Books, 352 pages, $26.99) The Preacher and the Presidents is what the title advertises, a look into the Reverend Billy Graham’s…
Calumny is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as a “false statement maliciously made to injure another’s reputation.” Calumny has been part of life since the dawn of time. But opportunities for calumny have proliferated with the advent of the…