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Article: E-town prof edits book about Billy Graham
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- Intelligencer Journal Lancaster, PA
- Article date:
- February 16, 2008
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LORI VAN INGEN
Although the Rev. Billy Graham is an icon of faith for many
Americans, very few of the top mainstream scholars of Christianity
or prophetic Christianity have written about him.
"Even though no other Protestant minister of the 20th century has
had greater cultural effect across the globe, we in the mainstream
have been a bit snobbish toward Billy Graham as a throwback to
revivalism in days gone by ... and that his theology is shallow and
not worthy of critical engagement," said Michael G. Long, associate
professor of religious studies and peace and conflict studies at
Elizabethtown College.
Long decided to rectify this situation by editing a book ...