Altar Call in Europe: Billy Graham, Mass Evangelism, and the Cold-War West
Autor Uta A. Balbieren Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 apr 2022
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780197502259
ISBN-10: 0197502253
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 241 x 164 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0197502253
Pagini: 240
Dimensiuni: 241 x 164 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.54 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
By presenting a sound transnational analysis of religion, participating in the continuing debate about the state of Western European Christianity in the 1950s, and deploying innovative methodologies to assess the importance of Billy Graham's visits to Europe, Uta A. Balbier's book deserves much praise. Scholars who wish to better understand the early postwar period will find Altar Call in Europe an illuminating read with its focus on the tensions (and also affinities) between consumerism and faith and the importance of Christian rhetoric in the early days of the Cold War.
This engaging history will be of significant use to anyone studying 20th-century evangelicalism.
In terms of methodology and source bases, Balbier has the linguistic skills to access many untapped German sources: newspapers, books, and archives. This was a massive boon to her project, which has heartily contributed to the field of Billy Graham studies. Any reader interested in 1950s and 1960s European evangelism, lived religion and consumerism, Christian organizational development, or Billy Graham should pay serious attention to this study.
This remains an excellent book that has much to commendit. Balbier has accomplished much by beginning to turn the tide of British and European scholarship surrounding Graham. By reframing his crusades within the broader socio-economic and political context of the Cold War, the rise of consumerism and everyday, ordinary religious practices, Balbier has demonstrated the significant effect Graham had upon the revival of transatlantic evangelicalism in the 1950s. This represents an invaluable contribution to knowledge.
This engaging history will be of significant use to anyone studying 20th-century evangelicalism.
In terms of methodology and source bases, Balbier has the linguistic skills to access many untapped German sources: newspapers, books, and archives. This was a massive boon to her project, which has heartily contributed to the field of Billy Graham studies. Any reader interested in 1950s and 1960s European evangelism, lived religion and consumerism, Christian organizational development, or Billy Graham should pay serious attention to this study.
This remains an excellent book that has much to commendit. Balbier has accomplished much by beginning to turn the tide of British and European scholarship surrounding Graham. By reframing his crusades within the broader socio-economic and political context of the Cold War, the rise of consumerism and everyday, ordinary religious practices, Balbier has demonstrated the significant effect Graham had upon the revival of transatlantic evangelicalism in the 1950s. This represents an invaluable contribution to knowledge.
Notă biografică
Uta A. Balbier is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at King's College London where she is teaching classes on American cultural and religious history. Before joining King's, she was a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington DC.