GARRY WILLS was born in Atlanta, Georgia. One of our most distinguished historians and critics, he is the author of numerous books, including Saint Augustine, Papal Sin, and the Pulitzer Prize--winning Lincoln at Gettysburg. He has won many other awards, among them two National Book Critics Circle Awards and the 1998 National Medal for the Humanities. He is currently Adjunct Professor of History at Northwestern University, and is the editor for the Fall 2006 NYRB Classic The Jeffersonian Transformation. A regular contributor to the New York Review of Books, he lives in Evanston, Illinois.
JAMES CARROLL was born in Chicago and raised in Washington, D.C. He has been a civil rights worker, an antiwar activist, and a community organizer in Washington and New York. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1969 and served as Catholic chaplain at Boston University. Carroll left the priesthood to become a novelist and playwright. He lives in Boston with his wife, the novelist Alexandra Marshall, and their two children.
"In this slim book, Wills offers an insightful and penetrating look
at the troubling blurring of lines between the government and
religion." --Booklist "In an incisive essay, "Fringe Government,"
historian Garry Wills connects the dots between the rubble of our
domestic and foreign policies and the actors from the religious
fringes that have become central influences in this White House
From stem cell research to end-of-life issues, from the courts to
the role of government itself, Wills shows the leadership on a
separate track leading away from both the concerns and the will of
the people."-The National Catholic Reporter
" In this slim book, Wills offers an insightful and penetrating
look at the troubling blurring of lines between the government and
religion." --"Booklist"
" In an incisive essay, " Fringe Government, " historian Garry
Wills connects the dots between the rubble of our domestic and
foreign policies and the actors from the religious fringes that
have become central influences in this White House From stem cell
research to end-of-life issues, from the courts to the role of
government itself, Wills shows the leadership on a separate track
leading away from both the concerns and the will of the people." "-
The National Catholic Reporter"
"In an incisive essay, "Fringe Government," historian Garry Wills
connects the dots between the rubble of our domestic and foreign
policies and the actors from the religious fringes that have become
central influences in this White House From stem cell research to
end-of-life issues, from the courts to the role of government
itself, Wills shows the leadership on a separate track leading away
from both the concerns and the will of the people.""-The National
Catholic Reporter
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