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Billy Graham : American pilgrim /

Billy Graham : American pilgrim / edited by Andrew Finstuen, Grant Wacker, and Anne Blue Wills. - 1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Billy Graham; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part ONE: Religion; 1. Professor Graham: Billy Graham's Missions to Colleges and Universities; 2. From Desire to Decision: The Evangelistic Preaching of Billy Graham; 3. Singing to Save: Music in the Billy Graham Crusades; 4. God's Ambassador to the World; Part TWO: Politics; 5. Preaching Good News to the Poor: Billy Graham and Evangelical Humanitarianism; 6. A Politics of Conversion: Billy Graham's Political and Social Vision 7. "Heavenly Houston": Billy Graham and Corporate Civil Rights in Sunbelt Evangelicalism's "Golden Buckle"Part THREE: Culture; 8. "You Cannot Fool the Electronic Eye": Billy Graham and Media; 9. Billy Graham's New Evangelical Manhood; 10. "An Odd Kind of Cross to Bear": The Work of Mrs. Billy Graham, from "Pretty Wife" to "End of Construction"; 11. Complicated Innocence: A Case Study of the Billy Graham Image; Afterword: Billy Graham's Legacy; Epilogue: What Now?; Index

Billy Graham: American Pilgrim offers groundbreaking accounts of Billy Graham's shaping of religion, politics, and culture throughout the second half of the twentieth century. His singular career provides a many-paned window for viewing the history and character of our times.

9780190683535 0190683538 0190683546 9780190683542

2017012227


Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018


1900-1999


Evangelistic work--United States.
Évangélisation--États-Unis.
RELIGION--Christian Life--Spiritual Growth.
Evangelistic work


United States--Church history--20th century.
États-Unis--Histoire religieuse--20e siècle.
United States


Electronic books.
collective biographies.
Biographies
Church history
Biographies.
Biographies.

BV3785.G69 / B45 2017EB

269/.2092