As part of its series “A Sense of Wonder,” the King Institute for Faith & Culture welcomes Daniel Silliman, news editor of Christianity Today, for an engaging look at the American presidency, empathy, and the politics of forgiveness.

Silliman reports on the evolving nature of American culture and how it intersects with Christianity, and is the author of “One Lost Soul: Richard Nixon’s Search for Salvation,” published in August 2024.

At 9:15 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 4, he will share “God Loves Richard Nixon: History and the Work of Empathy” in King’s Memorial Chapel. At 7 p.m., he will present “When Richard Nixon Haunts Your Dreams: A Disgraced President and the Politics of Forgiveness” at Central Presbyterian Church, 331 Euclid Ave., Bristol, Virginia. Both presentations are free and open to the public.

“Daniel Silliman brings the skills of historical study and journalism together as he considers figures from the past,” said Martin Dotterweich, Ph.D., director of the IFC. “His new book on Richard Nixon is a model of carefully researched, unflinchingly honest, and thoroughly empathetic biography. We’re excited to hear about Nixon’s long struggle with faith, and also to engage with Daniel’s approach to the people of the past.”

Silliman spent several years as a crime reporter outside Atlanta, Georgia, before pursuing higher education in Germany. There he earned a master’s degree from Tübingen University and a doctoral degree from Heidelberg University.

He served as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Notre Dame from 2016-2017 and a Lilly Postdoctoral Fellow at Valparaiso University from 2017-2019. He has reported and edited news coverage for Christianity Today since 2019.

He lives in Johnson City, Tennessee, with his wife, cat, chickens, and bees.