Billy Graham and the beloved community / Michael G. Long.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Long, Michael G.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graham, Billy, 1918-2018.

Graham, Billy.

Physical Description:

x, 268 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Summary:

Using unpublished documents, this book explores Billy Graham' s beliefs about racial reconciliation, economic justice, and peace. Michael Long provides readers with the first detailed analysis of Billy Graham' s social thought during one of the most volatile periods of U.S. history- the Martin Luther King, Jr. years (1955-1968), and explores the links between Graham and King.

Contents:

Introduction: "Bowed in Prayer"-Resurrecting the Assassinated King 1

1 "The Bible Says": Heart Problems and the Divine Cure 8

2 "Preaching Nothing but the Bible": Against a Political Church 30

3 "True Christian Loyalty in Our Hearts": A Christian Defense of American Patriotism 57

4 "He Belonged to All the Races": The Evolution of Graham's Race Ethics 79

5 "This Is Freedom Out of Control!": Graham's Dissent from the Civil Rights Movement 108

6 "The Tramp, Tramp, Tramp of the Little Man": Graham's Conversion to the War on Poverty 143

7 "I'm Not a Pacifist": On Militarists, Pacifists, and Vietnam 179

Conclusion: "We Are Now in the Violent Society"-A Question of Legacy 221

Appendix Behind the Billy Pulpit 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [233]-257) and index.

ISBN:

1403968691

OCLC:

62762332

Publisher Number:

9781403968692

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