The Legacy of Billy Graham

by Long, Michael G.

• ISBN13: 9780664231385
• ISBN10: 0664231381
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-07
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr

Summary

Perhaps no individual person has had more of an effect on twentieth-century American Christianity than the renowned evangelist Billy Graham. And although Graham's influence on evangelicalism has long been recognized, Michael G. Long's The Legacy of Billy Graham is the first book to examine his impact on mainline Christianity and American civil religion.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Introduction: Taking Billy Graham Seriously	p. xi
Preaching and Theology
Preaching the Good News	p. 3
The Tangible Evangelism of Billy Graham	p. 17
Law and Faith	p. 33
Social Issues
"Keep Yourself Pure": Social Justice and Sexual Ethics	p. 49
You Shall Have No Poor among You	p. 63
A Matter of Pride: A Feminist Response	p. 79
Truth and Power: Reflections on the Graham Enigma	p. 93
Religious Sanctity and Political Power	p. 107
Contemporaries in Conflict?
Billy Graham in a Secular Society: The Greater London Crusade of 1954	p. 125
Niebuhr and Graham: Modernity, Complexity, White Supremacism, Justice, Ambiguity	p. 141
Graham, King, and the Beloved Community	p. 161
Above Politics? Graham after Watergate	p. 179
A Question of Legacy
U.S. Evangelicals: Recovering a Post-9/11 Prophetic Spirit	p. 197
The Lasting Imprint of Billy Graham: Recollections and Prognostications	p. 219
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