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One Soul at a Time

The Story of Billy Graham

by Grant Wacker ...

Series series Library of Religious Biography (LRB)
Christianity Today 2020 Book Award of Merit in History/BiographyFor more than five decades Billy Graham (1918-2018) ranked as one of the most influential voices in the Christian world. Nearly 215 million people around the world heard him preach in person or through live electronic media, almost certainly more than any other person. For millions, Graham was less a preacher than a Protestant saint. ... Read more

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Christianity Today 2020 Book Award of Merit in History/BiographyFor more than five decades Billy Graham (1918-2018) ranked as one of the most influential voices in the Christian world. Nearly 215 million people around the world heard him preach in person or through live electronic media, almost certainly more than any other person. For millions, Graham was less a preacher than a Protestant saint.
... Read more
Religion in American Life

A Short History

by Jon Butler, Grant Wacker, Randall Balmer ...

Series series Religion in American Life
"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars ... Read more

$34.19 USD

"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars
... Read more
Oneness Pentecostalism

Race, Gender, and Culture

Edited by Lloyd D. Barba, Andrea Shan Johnson, Daniel Ramírez ...

Series series Studies in the Holiness and Pentecostal Movements
This volume traces the history of Oneness Pentecostalism in North America. It maps the major ideas, arguments, periodization, and historical figures; corrects long-standing misinterpretations; and draws attention to how race and gender impacted the growth and trajectories of this movement.Oneness Pentecostalism emerged in the aftermath of the Azusa Street Revival (1906–9), baptizing its members in ... Read more

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This volume traces the history of Oneness Pentecostalism in North America. It maps the major ideas, arguments, periodization, and historical figures; corrects long-standing misinterpretations; and draws attention to how race and gender impacted the growth and trajectories of this movement.Oneness Pentecostalism emerged in the aftermath of the Azusa Street Revival (1906–9), baptizing its members in
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Augustus H. Strong and the Dilemma of Historical Consciousness

by Grant Wacker ...

At the end of the nineteenth century, Augustus Strong emerged as one of the most influential church leaders and theologians in America. But, as Grant Wacker reveals in this masterful study, Strong also proved to be as tragic a figure as he was influential.Strong was forced to choose between conceptual worlds that were, to him, equally incompatible and compelling. Strong wrestled with how the ... Read more

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At the end of the nineteenth century, Augustus Strong emerged as one of the most influential church leaders and theologians in America. But, as Grant Wacker reveals in this masterful study, Strong also proved to be as tragic a figure as he was influential.Strong was forced to choose between conceptual worlds that were, to him, equally incompatible and compelling. Strong wrestled with how the
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Heaven Below

Early Pentecostals and American Culture

by Grant Wacker ...

In this lively history of the rise of pentecostalism in the United States, Grant Wacker gives an in-depth account of the religious practices of pentecostal churches as well as an engaging picture of the way these beliefs played out in daily life.The core tenets of pentecostal belief—personal salvation, Holy Ghost baptism, divine healing, and anticipation of the Lord’s imminent return—took root in ... Read more

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In this lively history of the rise of pentecostalism in the United States, Grant Wacker gives an in-depth account of the religious practices of pentecostal churches as well as an engaging picture of the way these beliefs played out in daily life.The core tenets of pentecostal belief—personal salvation, Holy Ghost baptism, divine healing, and anticipation of the Lord’s imminent return—took root in
... Read more
Billy Graham

American Pilgrim

Edited by Andrew Finstuen, Grant Wacker, Anne Blue Wills ...

Billy Graham stands among the most influential Christian leaders of the twentieth century. Perhaps no single doctrine, practice, political position, or preacher has united the sprawling and diverse world of evangelicalism like Billy Graham. Throughout his six-decade career, Graham mainstreamed evangelicalism and through that tradition brought about major changes to American Christianity, global ... Read more

$29.69 USD

Billy Graham stands among the most influential Christian leaders of the twentieth century. Perhaps no single doctrine, practice, political position, or preacher has united the sprawling and diverse world of evangelicalism like Billy Graham. Throughout his six-decade career, Graham mainstreamed evangelicalism and through that tradition brought about major changes to American Christianity, global
... Read more
Religion in American Life

A Short History

by Jon Butler, Grant Wacker, Randall Balmer ...

Series series Religion in American Life
"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars ... Read more

$34.19 USD

"Quite ambitious, tracing religion in the United States from European colonization up to the 21st century.... The writing is strong throughout."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "One can hardly do better than Religion in American Life.... A good read, especially for the uninitiated. The initiated might also read it for its felicity of narrative and the moments of illumination that fine scholars
... Read more
Recovering the Margins of American Religious History

The Legacy of David Edwin Harrell Jr.

by Grant Wacker, Samuel S. Hill, Richard T. Hughes, Charles Reagan Wilson, John C. Hardin, Beth Barton Schweiger, James R. Goff Jr., Dr. B. Dwain Waldrep, Ph.D. Scott Billingsley, Ph.D.1 ...

Series series Religion and American Culture
Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Recovering the Margins of American Religious History, a celebration of the life and work of David Edwin Harrell Jr., brings together essays from Harrell’s colleagues, peers, and students that explore his impact and legacy in the field of American religious studies. Raised in an upper-class family in mid-twentieth-century Jacksonville, Florida, ... Read more

$16.59 USD

Normal0falsefalsefalseMicrosoftInternetExplorer4Recovering the Margins of American Religious History, a celebration of the life and work of David Edwin Harrell Jr., brings together essays from Harrell’s colleagues, peers, and students that explore his impact and legacy in the field of American religious studies. Raised in an upper-class family in mid-twentieth-century Jacksonville, Florida,
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America’s Pastor

Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation

by Grant Wacker ...

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 ... Read more

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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
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The Foreign Missionary Enterprise at Home

Explorations in North American Cultural History

by Daniel H Bays, Grant Wacker, Scott Flipse, Alvyn Austin, Jay S. F. Blossom, Anne Blue Wills, Mark Y. Hanley, Nancy A Hardesty, Kathryn T. Long0, Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp1, John Saillant2, Marilyn Fardig Whiteley3, Jay R. Case4, Professor William Lawrence Svelmoe5, Professor Edith L. Blumhofer6, Dr. Russell E. Richey, Ph.D.7 ...

Series series Religion and American Culture
This volume is the first to examine at length and in detail the impact of the missionary experience on American cultural, political, and religious history.This collection of 15 essays provides a fully developed account of the domestic significance of foreign missions from the 19th century through the Vietnam War. U.S. and Canadian missions to China, South America, Africa, and the Middle East have, ... Read more

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This volume is the first to examine at length and in detail the impact of the missionary experience on American cultural, political, and religious history.This collection of 15 essays provides a fully developed account of the domestic significance of foreign missions from the 19th century through the Vietnam War. U.S. and Canadian missions to China, South America, Africa, and the Middle East have,
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Religion and Politics in America

A Conversation

by David Brooks, Stephen Carter, John C. Green, Nathan Hatch, Charles Krauthammer, William McGurn, Leo Ribuffo, Jeffrey Rosen, Hanna Rosin, David Shribman, Grant Wacker, George Weigel, Kenneth L. Woodward, John J. DiIulio Jr., Jean Bethke Elshtain, Jack Wertheimer ...

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often worked to distort the public discourse on important policy issues. Pope John Paul II's pronouncements ... Read more

$40.99 USD

As religiously grounded moral arguments have become ever more influential factors in the national debate-particularly reinforced by recent presidential elections and the creation of the faith-based initiative office in the White House-journalists' ignorance about theological convictions has often worked to distort the public discourse on important policy issues. Pope John Paul II's pronouncements
... Read more
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America's Pastor

Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation

by Grant Wacker ...

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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 ... Read more

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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
... Read more

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