Kenneth Woodward

Kenneth L. Woodward is a scholar as well as one of the nation’s most respected journalists. He served as Newsweek’s religion editor for nearly forty nears, reporting from five continents and contributing more than seven hundred articles, including nearly one hundred cover stories, on a wide range of social issues and ideas. His work has also appeared in other magazines, newspapers, and scholarly journals. He is the author of Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t, and Why (1990), The Book of Miracles: The Meaning of the Miracle Stories in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Islam (2000), and Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama (2016).

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