Religion in Nineteenth Century America
- 192 pages
- 7 hours of reading
Tours the ever-shifting landscape of nineteenth-century America, reflecting the constant change of religious life in that century
Grant Wacker Books
Grant Wacker is a historian of religion in America, specializing in the history of Evangelicalism, Pentecostalism, and American Protestant thought. His work delves into the profound cultural and societal impacts of religious movements. Wacker explores how these beliefs have shaped American society and its identity. His approach offers readers insight into the dynamic relationship between faith and culture within the American context.
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 Christianity, church and state, the Cold War, race relations, American manhood, intellectual life, and religious media and music. His life and career provide a many-paned window through which to view the history and character of our present and recent past.Billy American Pilgrim offers groundbreaking accounts of Graham's role in shaping these phenomena. Graham stayed true to evangelical precepts yet journeyed to positions in religion, politics, and culture that stretched his tradition to its limits. This book's distinguished contributors capture Graham's evolution and complexity. Like most people, he grew in fits and starts. But Graham's growth occurred on an international stage, influencing the world around him in ways large and small. This book delves into this influence, going beyond conventional subjects and taking a fresh and nuanced look at the complex life and legacy of one of the most important figures of the last century.