Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South

by Steven P. Miller

Book Overview

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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812241517
• ISBN13: 9780812241518
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"