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Book Synopsis Religion and the New Majority: Billy Graham, Middle America, and the Politics of the 70s by : Lowell D. Streiker
Download or read book Religion and the New Majority: Billy Graham, Middle America, and the Politics of the 70s written by Lowell D. Streiker and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South by : Steven P. Miller
Download or read book Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South written by Steven P. Miller and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-08-23 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While spreading the gospel around the world through his signature crusades, internationally renowned evangelist Billy Graham maintained a visible and controversial presence in his native South, a region that underwent substantial political and economic change in the latter half of the twentieth century. In this period Graham was alternately a desegregating crusader in Alabama, Sunbelt booster in Atlanta, regional apologist in the national press, and southern strategist in the Nixon administration. Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South considers the critical but underappreciated role of the noted evangelist in the creation of the modern American South. The region experienced two significant related shifts away from its status as what observers and critics called the "Solid South": the end of legalized Jim Crow and the end of Democratic Party dominance. Author Steven P. Miller treats Graham as a serious actor and a powerful symbol in this transition—an evangelist first and foremost, but also a profoundly political figure. In his roles as the nation's most visible evangelist, adviser to political leaders, and a regional spokesperson, Graham influenced many of the developments that drove celebrants and detractors alike to place the South at the vanguard of political, religious, and cultural trends. He forged a path on which white southern moderates could retreat from Jim Crow, while his evangelical critique of white supremacy portended the emergence of "color blind" rhetoric within mainstream conservatism. Through his involvement in the Eisenhower and Nixon administrations, as well as his deep social ties in the South, the evangelist influenced the decades-long process of political realignment. Graham's public life sheds new light on recent southern history in all of its ambiguities, and his social and political ethics complicate conventional understandings of evangelical Christianity in postwar America. Miller's book seeks to reintroduce a familiar figure to the narrative of southern history and, in the process, examine the political and social transitions constitutive of the modern South.
Download or read book Ask Billy Graham written by Thomas Nelson and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2010-05-17 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you like to know what Billy Graham thinks about the most important issues of daily life? What about politics, presidents and terrorism? This book contains answers to questions many of us would ask Billy Graham if we had the good fortune to sit down with the person many call "America's Pastor". Best-selling author Bill Adler arranges topics from Graham's sermons, speeches, interviews, television appearances and writings in an easy to follow Q and A format. Topics include Billy Graham on: Humor, Politics, Prayer, Technology and Religion, Race, Money, the Church, and Growing Older. Hear Graham's responses to questions like What will heaven be like? Why does God bring on natural disasters? What do you think about the mixing of religion and politics? What do you say to an atheist who doesn't think there is a God? What is the greatest spiritual threat facing the United States? How can we achieve world peace?
Download or read book Billy Graham written by Marshall Frady and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006-11-28 with total page 581 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Marshall Frady's epic biography of Billy Graham, the world’s best-known Christian evangelist and America’s pastor. With unparalleled access to Billy Graham and his family and associates, Frady presents an intimate and multifaceted portrait of the man, from his childhood upbringing in the midlands of North Carolina to his ascent to national recognition. Frady's narrative encompasses the popular religious leader, his spiritual mission, and his political involvements and bears witness to the preeminent position Graham has held in American life for decades. “Billy Graham is our nation’s least studied national institution…Frady has finally given him the kind of attention he deserves” (The New York Times).
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Religion in the South by : Samuel S. Hill
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Religion in the South written by Samuel S. Hill and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 898 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The publication of the Encyclopedia of Religion in the South in 1984 signaled the rise in the scholarly interest in the study of Religion in the South. Religion has always been part of the cultural heritage of that region, but scholarly investigation had been sporadic. Since the original publication of the ERS, however, the South has changed significantly in that Christianity is no longer the primary religion observed. Other religions like Judaism, Buddhism, and Hinduism have begun to have very important voices in Southern life. This one-volume reference, the only one of its kind, takes this expansion into consideration by updating older relevant articles and by adding new ones. After more than 20 years, the only reference book in the field of the Religion in the South has been totally revised and updated. Each article has been updated and bibliography has been expanded. The ERS has also been expanded to include more than sixty new articles on Religion in the South. New articles have been added on such topics as Elvis Presley, Appalachian Music, Buddhism, Bill Clinton, Jerry Falwell, Fannie Lou Hamer, Zora Neale Hurston, Stonewall Jackson, Popular Religion, Pat Robertson, the PTL, Sports and Religion in the South, theme parks, and much more. This is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the South, religion, or cultural history.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics by : Paul A. Djupe
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Religion and Politics written by Paul A. Djupe and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2014-07 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an encyclopedia of religion and politics in America including short biographies of important political and religious figures like Ralph Abernathy, civil rights leader, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer, and synopses of religious entities like the Branch Davidians and the Episcopal church as well as important court cases of relevancy like Epperson et al. v. Arkansas having to do with evolution.
Book Synopsis Examining Billy Graham's Theology of Evangelism by : Thomas P. Johnston
Download or read book Examining Billy Graham's Theology of Evangelism written by Thomas P. Johnston and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2003-03-12 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Examining Billy Graham's Theology of Evangelism' was written to advance an unbiased understanding of Billy Graham's theology and practice. Theological examination of Graham's sermons revealed four distinct eras in his theology and practice: -The Early-Early Graham (pre-1949) -The Early Graham (1949-1955) -The Middle Graham (1955-1965) -The Later Graham (1965-present) In each of these eras Graham portrayed a discernible and distinct approach to defining evangelism, theological nomenclature, and cooperative strategy. No literature on Billy Graham discusses, in combination, this evolution in Graham's theology and practice. You are invited to take a fresh look at the teaching and practice of this man who has touched millions of lives through the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Book Synopsis The Preacher and the Presidents by : Nancy Gibbs
Download or read book The Preacher and the Presidents written by Nancy Gibbs and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2007-08-14 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No one man or woman has ever been in a position to see the presidents, and the presidency, so intimately, over so many years. They called him in for photo opportunities. They called for comfort. They asked about death and salvation; about sin and forgiveness. At a time when the nation is increasingly split over the place of religion in public life, The Preachers and the Presidents reveals how the world's most powerful men and world's most famous evangelist, Billy Graham, knit faith and politics together.
Book Synopsis Politics and Religion in the White South by : Glenn Feldman
Download or read book Politics and Religion in the White South written by Glenn Feldman and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2005-09-30 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Politics, while always an integral part of the daily life in the South, took on a new level of importance after the Civil War. Today, political strategists view the South as an essential region to cultivate if political hopefuls are to have a chance of winning elections at the national level. Although operating within the context of a secular government, American politics is decidedly marked by a Christian influence. In the mostly Protestant South, religion and politics have long been nearly inextricable. Politics and Religion in the White South skillfully examines the powerful role that religious considerations and influence have played in American political discourse. This collection of thirteen essays from prominent historians and political scientists explores the intersection in the South of religion, politics, race relations, and southern culture from post–Civil War America to the present, when the Religious Right has exercised a profound impact on the course of politics in the region as well as the nation. The authors examine issues such as religious attitudes about race on the Jim Crow South; Billy Graham’s influence on the civil rights movement; political activism and the Southern Baptist Convention; and Dorothy Tilly, a white Methodist woman, and her contributions as a civil rights reformer during the 1940s and 1950s. The volume also considers the issue of whether southerners felt it was their sacred duty to prevent American society from moving away from its Christian origins toward a new, secular identity and how this perceived God-given responsibility was reflected in the work of southern political and church leaders. By analyzing the vital relationship between religion and politics in the region where their connection is strongest and most evident, Politics and Religion in the White South offers insight into the conservatism of the South and the role that religion has played in maintaining its social and cultural traditionalism.
Book Synopsis Billy Graham and the Beloved Community by : Michael G. Long
Download or read book Billy Graham and the Beloved Community written by Michael G. Long and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-30 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first detailed analysis of Billy Graham's social thought during one of the most volatile periods of American history, the Martin Luther King, Jr. years (1955-1968). Using previously unpublished documents, this book argues that although the popular evangelist occasionally supported King's mission to save America, he largely opposed King's vision of the beloved community and his tactics of civil disobedience. The book also offers the controversial claim that because Graham allowed his political allegiances to trump his biblical Christianity, he never dreamed of nor worked for a world marked by lasting racial reconciliation, economic justice, and peace.
Book Synopsis New Christian Politics by : David G. Bromley
Download or read book New Christian Politics written by David G. Bromley and published by Mercer University Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forword / Phillip E. Hammond - Interpreting the new Christian right : a commentary on the substance and process of knowledge creation / Anson Shupe and David G. Bromley -- The new Christian right and its parent company : a study in political contrasts / James A. Speer -- The wicked shall not bear rule : the fundamentalist heritage of the new Christian right / Ralph Clark Chandler -- Support for the Moral Majority and its sociomoral platform / John H. Simpson -- The Moral Majority viewed sociologically / J. Milton Yinger and Stephen J. Cutler -- Public and clergy setiments toward the Moral Majority : evidence from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex / Anson Shupe and William A. Stacey -- Explaining the new religious right : status politics and beyond / Charles L. Harper and Kevin Leicht -- Some potential causes and consequences of the use of religion broadcasts / Gary D. Gaddy -- Television and popular religion : changes in church offerings / Razelle Frankl -- The new Christian right and the new media / Wesley E. Miller -- Televangelism and the future of American politics / Jeffrey K. Hadden -- The new Christian right and the 1980 elections / Robert Zwier -- No Hoosier hospitality for humanism : the Moral Majority in Indiana / Richard V. Pierard and James L. Wright -- The "Old Right" in action : Mormon and Catholic involvement in an equal rights amendment referendum / James T. Richardson -- The politics of preachers : Southern Baptist ministers and Christian right activism / James L. Guth -- Mobilizing Christians for political action : campaigning with God on your side / Margaret Ann Latus.
Download or read book America’s Pastor written by Grant Wacker and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-11-07 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a career spanning sixty years, the Reverend Billy Graham’s resonant voice and chiseled profile entered the living rooms of millions of Americans with a message that called for personal transformation through God’s grace. How did a lanky farm kid from North Carolina become an evangelist hailed by the media as “America’s pastor”? Why did listeners young and old pour out their grief and loneliness in letters to a man they knew only through televised “Crusades” in faraway places like Madison Square Garden? More than a conventional biography, Grant Wacker’s interpretive study deepens our understanding of why Billy Graham has mattered so much to so many. Beginning with tent revivals in the 1940s, Graham transformed his born-again theology into a moral vocabulary capturing the fears and aspirations of average Americans. He possessed an uncanny ability to appropriate trends in the wider culture and engaged boldly with the most significant developments of his time, from communism and nuclear threat to poverty and civil rights. The enduring meaning of his career, in Wacker’s analysis, lies at the intersection of Graham’s own creative agency and the forces shaping modern America. Wacker paints a richly textured portrait: a self-deprecating servant of God and self-promoting media mogul, a simple family man and confidant of presidents, a plainspoken preacher and the “Protestant pope.” America’s Pastor reveals how this Southern fundamentalist grew, fitfully, into a capacious figure at the center of spiritual life for millions of Christians around the world.
Book Synopsis A Nation of Behavers by : Martin E. Marty
Download or read book A Nation of Behavers written by Martin E. Marty and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1976 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "National Book Award-winning author and historian Martin E. Marty's A Nation of Behavers is a characteristically perceptive new map of American religion. . . . Marty's years of astute observation of America's religious trends and developments have yielded six informal but clearly defined clusters around which people attempt to find not only basic group identity but also some kind of power. Anyone concerned about belief and its manifestations will be immensely aided by Marty's cogent comments on recent religious happenings."—Commonweal "This is a book for everyone, more than for the scholar of American religion. . . . Its value is in breadth of vision and new interpretation."—Dean R. Hoge, Theology Today "As a means of making sense out of the potpourri of competing groups that compose religious America today, A Nation of Behavers is a first-rate tool."—Edward A. Fiske, New York Times
Book Synopsis America's Preacher and His Message by : Timo Pokki
Download or read book America's Preacher and His Message written by Timo Pokki and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 1999 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the popular literature concerned with Billy Graham as an evangelical icon is vast, there have been few serious academic considerations of his religious views. In America's Preacher and His Message, Timo Pokki provides the most extensive systematic analysis to date on Graham's theology, paying particular attention to views surrounding conversion and sanctification. The study not only provides a detailed analysis of Graham's thoughts on these topics, but also investigates the impact of Calvinism and Arminianism on revivalism and evangelicalism in general.
Book Synopsis Official and Popular Religion by : Pieter Hendrik Vrijhof
Download or read book Official and Popular Religion written by Pieter Hendrik Vrijhof and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems - both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.
Book Synopsis The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950–2015: Volume Seven by : James Leo Garrett Jr.
Download or read book The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950–2015: Volume Seven written by James Leo Garrett Jr. and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2023-09-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James Leo Garrett Jr. has been called "the last of the gentlemen theologians" and "the dean of Southern Baptist theologians." In The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015, the reader will find a truly dazzling collection of works that clearly evince the meticulous scholarship, the even-handed treatment, the biblical fidelity, the wide historical breadth, and the honest sincerity that have made the work and person of James Leo Garrett Jr. so esteemed and revered among so many for so long. Volume 7 contains Dr. Garrett's writings on church, state, and religious liberty, writings that arise from his editorship of The Journal of Church and State, from his time as director of the J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies at Baylor University, and from his many years of academic study of and engagement with these important topics. Spanning sixty-five years and touching on topics from Baptist history, theology, ecclesiology, church history and biography, religious liberty, Roman Catholicism, and the Christian life, The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett, Jr., 1950-2015 will inform and inspire readers regardless of their religious or denominational affiliations.
Book Synopsis The Age of Evangelicalism by : Steven P. Miller
Download or read book The Age of Evangelicalism written by Steven P. Miller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 559 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the start of the twenty-first century, America was awash in a sea of evangelical talk. The Purpose Driven Life. Joel Osteen. The Left Behind novels. George W. Bush. Evangelicalism had become so powerful and pervasive that political scientist Alan Wolfe wrote of "a sense in which we are all evangelicals now." Steven P. Miller offers a dramatically different perspective: the Bush years, he argues, did not mark the pinnacle of evangelical influence, but rather the beginning of its decline. The Age of Evangelicalism chronicles the place and meaning of evangelical Christianity in America since 1970, a period Miller defines as America's "born-again years." This was a time of evangelical scares, born-again spectacles, and battles over faith in the public square. From the Jesus chic of the 1970s to the satanism panic of the 1980s, the culture wars of the 1990s, and the faith-based vogue of the early 2000s, evangelicalism expanded beyond churches and entered the mainstream in ways both subtly and obviously influential. Born-again Christianity permeated nearly every area of American life. It was broad enough to encompass Hal Lindsey's doomsday prophecies and Marabel Morgan's sex advice, Jerry Falwell and Jimmy Carter. It made an unlikely convert of Bob Dylan and an unlikely president of a divorced Hollywood actor. As Miller shows, evangelicalism influenced not only its devotees but its many detractors: religious conservatives, secular liberals, and just about everyone in between. The Age of Evangelicalism contained multitudes: it was the age of Christian hippies and the "silent majority," of Footloose and The Passion of the Christ, of Tammy Faye Bakker the disgraced televangelist and Tammy Faye Messner the gay icon. Barack Obama was as much a part of it as Billy Graham. The Age of Evangelicalism tells the captivating story of how born-again Christianity shaped the cultural and political climate in which millions of Americans came to terms with their times.
