| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 326 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018
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| SUBJECT |
Graham, Billy, 1918-2018 fast |
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Evangelistic work -- United States
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RELIGION -- Christian Life -- Spiritual Growth.
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Evangelistic work
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Church history -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139929
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
collective biographies.
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Biographies
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Church history
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Finstuen, Andrew S., editor.
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Wacker, Grant, 1945- editor.
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Wills, Anne Blue, 1966- editor.
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| LC no. |
2017012227 |
| ISBN |
9780190683535 |
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0190683538 |
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