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America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation
By Wacker, Grant
- ISBN
- 9780674052185
- Publisher
- Belknap: Harvard Univ.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on November 1, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
The entirety of this long, positive assessment of evangelist Billy Graham's storied revivalist career can be summed up in a single quote: "He wished everyone would call him Billy." Wacker's (Christian history, Duke Univ. Divinity Sch.) analysis situates the salient elements of Graham's remarkable success and longevity in the chaotic American social and religious consciousness of the 20th century. Graham's charismatic yet unpretentio...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
