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The World Crusade

Nowadays, close to 700 million people identify as Evangelicals. How did this Christian movement gain so much religious and political influence in the second half of the 20th century? Discover how legendary preacher Billy Graham, the architect of worldwide evangelization, and his far more radical successors, succeeded in bringing their societal agenda - and candidates - to power.

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