My Brother's Keeper

"This is an excellent book on an important and long-neglected topic. It will be valuable for historians of the presidency, historians of American religion, and political scientists."—Randall Balmer, author of Redeemer: The Life of Jimmy Carter

"My Brother's Keeper will make an important contribution to our understanding of a significant twentieth-century political figure and to the broad field of religion and politics in modern American history."—Thomas Knock, author of The Rise of a Prairie Statesman: The Life and Times of George McGovern

"Lucidly written and at times witty . . . Lempke's story is one of both continuity and change. He rightly situates 'progressive, social justice-oriented Protestant Christianity' at the heart of 'respectable civil life' in the 1960s and early 1970s."—Journal of Church and State

"Mark A. Lempke's carefully researched account of the religious life and times of George McGovern offers an intimate portrait of an earnest Methodist working to bring Social Gospel values to rough-and-tumble American politics."—Journal of American History

"This is an important work. It secures McGovern's place in American religious history. It also adds to our knowledge of progressive Christianity . . . Lempke's book deserves a broad readership."—Fides et Historia

"Lempke's treatment of McGovern's theology is nuanced and informed, offering thick perspective on wider religious developments; his accounting of the activist's political awakening is equally incisive."—American Historical Review