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Could there be another Billy Graham?

  • Written by Andrew Dole, Professor of Religion, Amherst College
Several thousand people gather at a rally in Washington in 1952 to hear Evangelist Billy Graham preach.AP Photo

At this time of Billy Graham’s passing, American evangelical Christianity looks to be in steep decline, at least judging by numbers. The proportion of white Americans who identify as evangelical has fallen from 23 percent of the...

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