Grant Wacker is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor Emeritus of Christian History at Duke Divinity School. A past president of the American Society of Church History, he is the author of Heaven Below: Early Pentecostals and American Culture, Religion in Nineteenth Century America, and America's Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation.
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Russell Moore -- author of The Storm-Tossed Family "When I hear the word 'evangelist, ' the first face I imagine is always that of Billy Graham. And when I think of careful analysis of Graham's monumental reshaping of the world religious landscape, the only name I can imagine is that of renowned historian Grant Wacker." Molly Worthen -- author of Apostles of Reason "This fast-paced biography cuts through Billy Graham mythology to reveal who the great evangelist really was as a human individual." Kenneth L. Woodward -- author of Getting Religion "Easily the best short biography of Billy we are likely to get." R. Marie Griffith -- John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics "A beautifully crafted, eloquent, and deeply illuminating account of Billy Graham's unparalleled evangelistic career, penned by one of the most eminent American religious historians of our time." Harry S. Stout -- Yale University "Grant Wacker is the finest Billy Graham scholar in the world today. . . . A must read for anyone interested in the amazing story of evangelical revivals in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries." Publishers Weekly "This detailed, enjoyable biography will please readers interested in Graham's political life and influence on American culture."