Billy Al Bengston

Set against the turbulent backdrop of the UK miners’ strike (1984–5), Billy Elliot (2000) follows eleven-year-old Billy as he pursues his dream of becoming a ballet dancer. Hailed ...

For more than six decades, Billy Graham played a prominent role in shaping Americans’ outlook on the critical religious, political, and cultural issues of the day. By drawing on ne...

This chapter explores the Billy Graham revival campaigns in Washington, London, New York, and Berlin in the 1950s as expressions of a transnational religious revival that took plac...

This introduction highlights the tremendous popularity and influence of Billy Graham. Graham touched the lives of millions of everyday people, and he enjoyed closer proximity to th...

For many American evangelicals, Graham modeled how to be a man in the rapidly changing world of modern America. This chapter contends that Billy Graham’s success as an evangelist d...