Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), mathematician, physicist, inventor, and religious thinker was a man at odds with his time.
The first "intellectual biography" of Lincoln, this work explores the role of ideas in Lincoln's life, treating him as a serious thinker deeply involved in the nineteenth-century debates over politics, religion, and culture.
Though scholarly, the books in this series are well-written narratives meant to be read and enjoyed.
This new edition has been fully revised throughout in the light of the wealth of new studies and focuses on the religion’s diversity and richness.
Of course, in telling so well the story of Jefferson's engagement with religious issues, he has also given us an important piece of American nation building.
The story of Billy Sunday is laced with contradictory elements: sacrifice and self-delusion, high purpose and triumphalism, identification with the poor and hobnobbing with the rich.
The result is a concise, fresh retelling of the Edwards story, rich in scholarship yet compelling and readable for a much wider audience, including students.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, when asked at a press conference about the roots of his political philosophy, responded simply, “I am a Christian and a Democrat.” This is the story of how the first informed the second—how his upbringing in ...
This second edition of Lundin's superb work includes a standard bibliography, expanded notes, and a more extensive discussion of Dickinson's poetry than the first edition contained.