![]() ![]() No instruction manual or ready-made catalog of resources exists that explains how to capture a person’s complexities in the written word. ![]() One challenge of writing about Ruth Bell Graham-perhaps a challenge faced by anyone writing about a human being-is that she is hard to categorize. But, while it’s true that her identity was significantly shaped by her role in supporting Billy Graham’s ministry, Ruth carried a strong sense of her own agency and was widely influential in her own right, especially in the image she projected of conservative evangelical womanhood-defined by a faith that was deep, private, and nonpolitical.Īnne Blue Wills shares a few books on her bookshelf that were influential in her research for and writing An Odd Cross to Bear. An Odd Cross to Bear: A Biography of Ruth Bell Graham is now available for purchase! Ruth Bell Graham’s legacy is closely associated with that of her husband, whose career placed her in the public eye throughout her life. ![]()
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