Nobody had a greater effect on 20th-century American Christianity than Billy Graham. In this critical and measured anthology, Long focuses on the evangelist's impact on mainline denominations and American civil religion. Essayists include Rufus Burrow, Mark Chapman, John Cobb, Harvey Cox, Mark Lewis Taylor, and J. Philip Wogaman. 229 pages, softcover from Westminster John Knox.

Perhaps no individual has had more of an effect on twentieth-century American Christianity than the renowned evangelist Billy Graham, whose work has been widely influential in arenas from the rising evangelical movement to the White House. Although Graham's influence on evangelicalism has long been recognized, Michael G. Long's The Legacy of Billy Graham is the first book to examine his impact on mainline Christianity and on American civil religion. With noted contributors including John B. Cobb Jr., Harvey Cox, Gary Dorrien, Karen Lebacqz, Thomas G. Long, Mark Lewis Taylor, and J. Philip Wogaman, this critical but generally appreciative volume assesses Graham's career from the perspectives of preaching and theology, social issues, and his engagement with his contemporaries and then concludes with two retrospectives on his legacy.

Michael G. Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. He is the author of five bookson Billy Graham, Martin Luther King Jr., and American Christianity.

Michael G. Long is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies at Elizabethtown College, Elizabeth, Pennsylvania.

Perhaps no individual has had more of an effect on twentieth-century American Christianity than the renowned evangelist Billy Graham, whose work has been widely influential in arenas from the rising evangelical movement to the White House. Although Grahams influence on evangelicalism has long been recognized, Michael G. Long's The Legacy of Billy Graham is the first book to examine his impact on mainline Christianity and on American civil religion.

With noted contributors including John B. Cobb Jr., Harvey Cox, Gary Dorrien, Karen Lebacqz, Thomas G. Long, Mark Lewis Taylor, and J. Philip Wogaman, this critical but generally appreciative volume assesses Graham's career from the perspectives of preaching and theology, social issues, and his engagement with his contemporaries, then concludes with two retrospectives on his legacy.

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