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A M E R I C A’ S PA S T O R A M E R I C A’ S P A S T O R Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation Grant Wacker The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press Cambridge, Massachusetts London, En gland 2014 Copyright © 2014 by Grant Wacker All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First printing Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data Wacker, Grant, 1945– America’s pastor : Billy Graham and the shaping of a nation / Grant Wacker. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978- 0- 674- 05218- 5 (alk. paper) 1. Graham, Billy, 1918–. Christianity and culture— United States— History—20th century. I. Title. BV3785.G69W33 2014 269'.2092—dc23 [B] 2014014155 For Gretchen, Nicholas, and Charlie Stern Henry and Silas Beck Children’s children are the crown of old men. Proverbs 17:6 C on t e n t s Prologue 1 Introduction 5 1 Preacher 32 2 Icon 68 3 Southerner 102 4 Entrepreneur 137 5 Architect 168 6 Pilgrim 204 7 Pastor 248 8 Patriarch 283 Epilogue 312 Note on the Sources 319 Abbreviations 322 Notes 323 Ac know ledg ments 397 Index 401
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