Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South
By: Steven P. Miller.
Series: Politics and culture in modern America
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780812241518
Subjects: Graham, Billy, -- 1918-; Graham, Billy, -- 1918- -- Influence; Civil rights -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century; Southern States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Southern States -- Religious life and customs
Description: "Billy Graham and the Rise of the Republican South" considers the critical role the famous evangelist played in creating the modern American South. Author Steven P. Miller treats Graham as a serious actor and a powerful transitional symbol--an evangelist first and foremost, but also a profoundly political figure.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : Billy Graham's New South; title: "No segregation at the altar"; title: Evangelical universalism in the post-Brown South; title: The politics of decency; title: "Another kind of march"; title: Billy Graham's southern strategy; title: Crusading for the Sunbelt South; title: "Before the water gate"; title: Epilogue : Billy Graham and American conservatism