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Author: Jonathan D. Redding
Publisher: Baylor University Press
Imprint: Baylor University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 19.50cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.00cm
Weight: 0.390kg
ISBN: 9781481315197
ISBN 10: 1481315196
Pages: 196
Publication Date: 30 September 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"One Nation Under Graham is a worthy contribution to an importantconversation. Redding does an excellent job of demonstrating the ways in which various preachers and theologians gained proximity, both directly and indirectly, to real legislative power, and reflects thoughtfully on the present implications of that process. --Jake Raabe ""Baptist History and Heritage Journal"""
""Redding is certainly correct in his general assessment of Graham as an important promoter of America's nationalistic religion."" --David B. Parker, professor of history at Kennesaw State University (Georgia). ""Reading Religion"" ...Redding compellingly demonstrates how the fusion of apocalyptic preaching with American exceptionalism shaped one era, leaving a contentious legacy that remains with us seventy years later. --Greg Carey, Lancaster theological Seminary ""Review of Biblical Literature"" Redding examineshow Graham gained access to world leaders, his influence leading to the insertion of ""one nationunder God"" into the Pledge of Allegiance, with ""In God We Trust"" adopted as the national mottosoon after...Redding compellingly demonstrates how the fusion of apocalyptic preaching with Americanexceptionalism shaped one era, leaving a contentious legacy that remains with us seventy yearslater --Greg Carey, Lancaster Theological Seminary ""Society of Biblical Literature"" One Nation Under Graham is a worthy contribution to an importantconversation. Redding does an excellent job of demonstrating the ways in which various preachers and theologians gained proximity, both directly and indirectly, to real legislative power, and reflects thoughtfully on the present implications of that process. --Jake Raabe ""Baptist History and Heritage Journal""
One Nation Under Graham is a worthy contribution to an importantconversation. Redding does an excellent job of demonstrating the ways in which various preachers and theologians gained proximity, both directly and indirectly, to real legislative power, and reflects thoughtfully on the present implications of that process. --Jake Raabe Baptist History and Heritage Journal
Author Information
Jonathan D. Redding is Assistant Professor of Religion at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
