William Martin

Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy

Email: wcm@rice.edu

Office Phone: 713.348.3481

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William Martin, Ph.D., is the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Senior Fellow in Religion and Public Policy at the Baker Institute and the Chavanne Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Rice University. His areas of research and writing at the Baker Institute focus on two major sets of issues: 1) the political implications of religion, particularly fundamentalist religion, and 2) ways to reduce the harms associated with both drug abuse and drug policy. His articles, most of which deal with aspects of religion, have appeared in such publications as The Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s, Esquire and Texas Monthly — for which he wrote a monthly column, “Faith Bases,” about religion in Texas — as well as in professional journals. His book, “A Prophet with Honor: The Billy Graham Story,” is regarded as the authoritative biography of Billy Graham. An updated edition of his 1996 book, “With God on Our Side: The Rise of the Religious Right in America,” the companion volume to a six-hour documentary PBS miniseries of the same name, was reissued in June 2005 by Broadway Books. He is a frequent guest on national and local news and discussion programs. During his 40 years at Rice, Martin has received numerous teaching awards, including a Lifetime Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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