Walking the talk”—living one’s beliefs instead of just talking about them—is a watchword for many Christians. In fact, it applies to people of many faiths and is reflected in new and forthcoming books ...

Of all the founding fathers, Ben Franklin would likely have been most at home in modern America. This land of pop-faith preachers, self-help guidebooks, and ardent unbelievers would have been familiar ...

What do Mr. Rogers, Johnny Cash, and Queen Elizabeth have in common? Aside from their fame, they seem like a disparate group. But all are the subjects of new biographies that focus on their shared ...

She championed both abolition and women’s rights. And she wasn’t afraid to challenge advocates of either cause. The answer, according to Smith, is the moral complexity of Henson, a former plantation ...