Pulitzer Prize finalist Dan Cryer discusses his new biography of the Rev. Forrest Church. Church, one of the foremost Unitarian Universalists in the modern era, championed the separation of church and state, and a religion that fostered tolerance. In doing so, he often locked horns with the religious right, notably over discrimination against gays and the notion that the United States is a "Christian nation." He wrote or edited 25 books,from theology to pastoral meditations to histories, while building his own church, All Souls, into a congregation committed to social justice. *Being Alive and Having to Die* chronicles his journey from rebellious son of a U.S. Senator to eloquent spokesman on the national stage.