The Preacher and the Presidents: Billy Graham in the White House » (Reprint)

Nancy Gibbs has authored more than 100 cover stories for TIME. She won the National Magazine Award in 2002 for her cover story after 9/11. Gibbs has written covers on Graham and also wrote the cover story 'Faith, God and the Oval Office,' about the role of religion in the 2004 presidential campaign.

Michael Duffy, an assistant managing editor at TIME, has covered politics and presidents for more than 15 years. He served as the Washington Bureau Chief for eight years, covering the Pentagon, Congress, national politics, and, for six years, the White House.

No one man or woman has ever been in a position to see the presidents, and the presidency, so intimately, over so many years. They called him in for photo opportunities. They called for comfort. They asked about death and salvation; about sin and forgiveness.

At a time when the nation is increasingly split over the place of religion in public life, THE PREACHER AND THE PRESIDENTS reveals how the world's most powerful men and world's most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, knit faith and politics together.

Introduction: The Lions and the Lamb     vii
The Invocation     1
Harry and Billy     11
Truman's Rejection     22
Christian Soldier     31
One Nation, Under God     41
The Man Who Was Going Places     54
Ambassador at Large     63
The Holy War     77
"I Am for You"     86
The Meaning of LIFE     100
The Fourteen-Carat-Gold Photograph     107
Tragedy and Transition     113
The Battle for Billy     126
Preachers and Protesters     134
"The Strong Arm of Empathy"     146
The Return of Richard Nixon     157
The Courier     165
White House of Worship     173
Summons for the Silent Majority     183
1972: The Race to the Bottom     195
The Reckoning     211
The Man He Never Knew     219
Ford and Forgiveness     232
The Campaign That Changed Everything     241
The Next Great Awakening     254
The Road to Moscow     265
The Secret Agent     276
The Family Pastor     284
"It Was Billy I Reached OutTo"     299
Bill and Hillary     306
Mending the Breach     317
The Mustard Seed     326
Conclusion: Lessons of a Lifetime     339
Afterword     349
Acknowledgments     353
A Note on Sources     357
Notes     360
Index     397