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Jana Riess: Billy Graham, Franklin Graham and the dangers of mixing religion and politics

How will evangelist Billy Graham (1918-2018) be remembered? And is his son Franklin damaging the religious leader’s legacy with his excessive politicizing for the Republican Party and Donald Trump?

In the new biography “One Soul at a Time,” historian Grant Wacker, an emeritus professor at Duke Divinity School, builds on his previous work about Graham to explore the man behind the legend, and positions his six decades of ministry within the larger contours of American religious history. It’s a great read. — JKR

Grant Wacker • Well, my wife assures me this is the last word I will ever write about Billy Graham if I want the marriage to persist, and I do!