The boomlet of books about WFB continues. The latest is a short one, less than 40,000 words in length: William F. Buckley, by Jeremy Lott. It’s part of a series called Christian Encounters, published by Thomas Nelson. Lott chronicles WFB’s life through the prism of faith:

People keep coming back to Buckley for a reason, though they don’t know why exactly. They point to his arguments, his wit, his wisdom. But this book will argue that they are missing something. Buckley’s arguments and his politics were inspired and bounded by his religion. …

I will show, through Buckley’s words and demeanor, that he sometimes saw himself a something of a prophet. He took to this mode easily enough because he was a very Old Testament sort of believer. Buckley remarked that if it could ever be conclusively proved that the Resurrection never happened, then he would have no choice but to … become a Jew. He explained: he would still believe in the divine law handed down at Mount Sinai, so really, what other option would he have?