“An odd cross to bear” is an odd but apt phrase that Ruth Bell Graham used to describe her life. Historian Anne Blue Wills effectively argues this point in her biography of Billy Graham’s spouse, ...

Mother Ruth Bell Graham and her daughters, Gigi, Anne and Ruth, also called “Bunny.” BILLY GRAHAM EVANGELISTIC ASSOCIATION PHOTO She believed in the death penalty and said that in countries where they ...

This discerning debut from Blue Wills, a religious studies professor at Davidson College, chronicles the life of Ruth Bell Graham, the wife of evangelist Billy Graham. Blue Wills suggests that Ruth ...

She believed in the death penalty and said that in countries where they have it, "I feel safer walking down the street." Yet in 1978, Ruth Bell Graham befriended North Carolina's death row inmate ...

She believed in the death penalty and said that in countries that have it, “I feel safer walking down the street.” Yet in 1978, Ruth Bell Graham befriended North Carolina’s death row inmate Velma ...