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020			_a9781575911403
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050	0	4	_aBV3785.C899.T457 2010
100	1		_aCrawford, Dan D., _d1941-, _e1
245	1	2	_aA thirst for souls : _bthe life of evangelist Percy B. Crawford (1902-1960) / _cDan D. Crawford. _hPR
260			_aSelinsgrove [Pennsylvania] : _bSusquehanna University Press, _c(c)2010.
300			_a363 pages, 22. pages of plates : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
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505	0	0	_aConversion in Los Angeles -- _tThe roots of fundamentalism -- _tReuben Torrey's Bible Institute -- _tUCLA : "Atheism was rampant" -- Training at Wheaton -- _tA Westminster man -- _tEarly ministry in Philadelphia -- _tThe Presbyterians -- _tPinebrook Bible Conference : a mountaintop experience -- _tRadio : the young people's church of the air -- _tThe King's College : Wheaton of the East -- _tThe fundamentals of his faith -- _tU.S. tours and mass evangelism -- _tThe move to television : youth on the march -- _tThe King's College : the Briarcliff years -- _tA Christian broadcasting network -- _tA life fulfilled.
520	0		_aA philosopher son comes to grips with his evangelist father's life and ministry, and his passion for winning lost souls. The author situates Percy Crawford within the fundamentalist movement he encountered in 1923, when he came to Los Angeles to get a college education, and instead got converted at Reuben Torrey's Church of the Open Door. The book identifies Crawford's main contributions to fundamentalism at a critical time in its historythe 1930s and '40swhen it was languishing and marginalized in American life. Crawford was one of the "young men on fire" who effectively used the new medium of radio (and later television) as vehicles for spreading the gospel. His direct and hard-hitting preaching style, together with a high-quality musical program assembled by his wife and life-long partner in evangelism, Ruth, helped to remake the public image of fundamentalism and rekindle the spirit of revivalism. Drawing on material that has been largely in the hands of the family and unavailable to researchers, and benefiting from the passing of over four decades and a lifetime of teaching philosophy and religion, Dan Crawford is able to look back at his father's beliefs and commitment to evangelism in a constructive and sympathetic way, but also with a critical eye that engages with his father at key points of disagreement. He describes with candor and refreshing humor his own involvement in his parents' ministry as a loyal member of the evangelistic team
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650		0	_aEvangelists _zUnited States _vBiography.
650		0	_aReligious broadcasting _xChristianity _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aReligious broadcasting _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell