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Zusatztext Billy Graham, say this book's editors, belongs on the Mount Rushmore of greatness in American religion. But with several strong biographies already written about him, what more is there to know about his legacy? The talented authors of this book prove that Billy Graham's pilgrimage has more dimensions than one might imagine. Far from than offering the final word on Graham's ministries, they open up fresh questions about Christianity in Americaand the world beyond its shores. Informationen zum Autor Grant Wacker is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Christian History at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture (2001), and America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation (2014).Andrew Finstuen is Dean of the Honors College at Boise State University. He is the author of Original Sin and Everyday Protestants: The Theology of Reinhold Niebuhr, Billy Graham, and Paul Tillich in an Age of Anxiety and a co-producer of the documentary film An American Conscience: The Reinhold Niebuhr Story (2017).Anne Blue Wills is Associate Professor of Religion at Davidson College. She is currently writing a biography of Ruth Bell Graham. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction "He Brought the Storm Down" Grant Wacker Part One: Religion 1. Professor Graham: Billy Graham's Missions to Colleges and Universities - Andrew Finstuen 2. From Desire to Decision: The Evangelistic Preaching of Billy Graham - Michael Hamilton 3. Singing to Save: Music in the Billy Graham Crusades - Edith Blumhofer 4. God's Ambassador to the World - William Martin Part Two: Politics 5. Preaching Good News to the Poor: Billy Graham and Evangelical Humanitarianism - David P. King 6. A Politics of Conversion: Billy Graham's Political and Social Vision - Curtis Evans 7. Heavenly Houston: Billy Graham and Corporate Civil Rights in Sunbelt Evangelicalism's "Golden Buckle" - Darren Dochuk Part 3: Culture 8. You Cannot Fool the Electronic Eye: Billy Graham and the Media - Elesha Coffman 9. Billy Graham's New Evangelical Manhood - Seth Dowland 10. An Odd Kind of Cross to Bear: The Work of Mrs. Billy Graham from "Pretty Wife" to "End of Construction" - Anne Blue Wills 11. Complicated Innocence: A Case Study of the Billy Graham Image - Steven Miller Afterword Billy Graham's Legacy - Margaret Bendroth Epilogue What Now? - Ken Garfield ...
