This month, Andrew Keck recommends, “America’s Pastor: Billy Graham and the Shaping of a Nation” by Grant Wacker.
Keck writes, “One part history of Billy Graham and one part history of the United States, Wacker traces the emergence of Billy Graham as he both formed and rode broader trends in our religious and wider culture. Billy Graham had a particular connection to Minnesota both through affiliation with Northwestern Bible College and location for an ongoing part of his operations during most of his ministry. Wacker’s particular attention to what others wrote about and to Billy Graham, as well as his own personal interviews with Graham, were particularly poignant parts of the narrative.”
This book is available at the Luther Seminary Bookstore for $21.