02620nam 2200565 a 450 991078097960332120200520144314.01-4696-0475-20-8078-8910-5(CKB)2520000000007781(EBL)515701(OCoLC)645456933(SSID)ssj0000357171(PQKBManifestationID)11298839(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000357171(PQKBWorkID)10358652(PQKB)11637636(StDuBDS)EDZ0000246728(MdBmJHUP)muse28073(Au-PeEL)EBL515701(CaPaEBR)ebr10355366(MiAaPQ)EBC515701(EXLCZ)99252000000000778120070830d2008 ub 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrBill Bright & Campus Crusade for Christ[electronic resource] the renewal of evangelicalism in postwar America /John G. TurnerChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (301 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-5873-0 0-8078-3185-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-278) and index.God may choose a country boy -- Campus ministry at America's "Trojan horse" -- Sibling rivalries -- The conservative impulses of the early 1960s -- The Jesus revolution from Berkeley to Dallas -- The evangelical bicentennial -- America and the world for Jesus -- Kingdoms at war.Founded as a local college ministry in 1951, Campus Crusade for Christ has become one of the world's largest evangelical organizations, today boasting an annual budget of more than 500 million. Nondenominational organizations like Campus Crusade account for much of modern evangelicalism's dynamism and adaptation to mainstream American culture. Despite the importance of these ""parachurch"" organizations, says John Turner, historians have largely ignored them. Turner offers an accessible and colorful history of Campus Crusade and its founder, Bill Bright, whose marketing and fund-raisingEvangelicalismUnited StatesHistoryUnited StatesReligious life and customsEvangelicalismHistory.267/.61Turner John G156951MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780979603321Bill Bright & Campus Crusade for Christ3686708UNINA