Voices

Jonathan Alter has written three New York Times bestsellers: The Center Holds: Obama and His Enemies (2013); The Promise: President Obama, Year One (2010); and The Defining Moment: FDR’s Hundred Days and the Triumph of Hope (2006). His Very Best: Jimmy Carter, A Life, was published in 2020.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Both as president and private citizen, Jimmy Carter has relied on God’s guidance. In an excerpt from his new biography, Jonathan Alter examines this constant in Carter’s life.