Researching Modern Evangelicalism: A Guide to the Holdings of the Billy Graham Center, With Information on Other Collections
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Researching Modern Evangelicalism: A Guide to the Holdings of the Billy Graham Center, With Information on Other Collections
By (Author) Robert D. Shuster
Edited by James Stambaugh
Edited by Ferne Weimer
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Greenwood Press
26th June 1990
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Library and information services
Christianity
Religious mission and Religious Conversion
016.2692092
Physical Properties
Hardback
368
Description
Strategic to the study of popular evangelical movements, this volume provides a thorough description of the holdings of one of the major evangelical resource centers in the United States. The Billy Graham Center, with its focus on efforts by Evangelicals around the world to spread the Christian Gospel, with a special emphasis on North America, has developed a superb array of sources to document this vigorous yet largely uncharted aspect of modern Christianity. The special strengths of the Graham Center's Library, Museum, and Archives are documented here. Books, magazines, photographs, paintings, artifacts, diaries, letters, and files of Christian organizations are among the types of sources described. Two appendices, comprising 20 percent of this volume, give detailed summaries of holdings in 161 other archives and libraries throughout the United States. Also included are 61 photographs of artifacts and documents from the Graham Center. This guide includes three main chapters on the Library, Museum, and Archives of the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. Chapters on the collections of the Library and Museum discuss their thematic strengths, featured holdings, and services. A lengthy chapter on the Archives provides an overview, an annotated catalog of its more than 525 collections, and a list of subjects treated in each collection. Two appendices provide extensive descriptions of other archival and library collections around the country. A comprehensive index of subjects and names quickly helps researchers determine what the Graham Center and other North American research centers offer. The user can enjoy a general overview or receive direct information on a specific topic. This volume is designed for the varied interests of pastor, missionary, scholar, journalist, or interested layperson.
Reviews
. . . Researching Modern Evangelicalism is primarily a guide to the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton. Also of note are the two appendixes which the reader to libraries and archives across the country that specialize in non-denominational evangelicalism in America. This listing alone makes the work valuable to the study of this movement.-Christian Scholar's Review
." . . Researching Modern Evangelicalism is primarily a guide to the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton. Also of note are the two appendixes which the reader to libraries and archives across the country that specialize in non-denominational evangelicalism in America. This listing alone makes the work valuable to the study of this movement."-Christian Scholar's Review
Author Bio
ROBERT D. SHUSTER is Director of Archives at the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College. He is the author of The Papers of William and Helen Sunday: A Guide to the Microfilm Edition and several articles on religious archives. JAMES STAMBAUGH is Director of the Billy Graham Center Museum. FERNE WEIMER is Director of the Billy Graham Center Library. She specializes in the development and growth of church and theological libraries outside of the United States.
