he’s also trying to push Graham . . . to move out of what he calls ‘pietistic individualism,’ that is, speaking only directly to individuals. . . . Even though he’s ministering to thousands in stadiums, it’s all about those few folks who come up, who come forward at the end of a crusade to accept Jesus Christ.” Niebuhr felt that Graham’s relentless focus on individual Christianity resulted in squandered opportunities to address more broadly systemic injustices in American society: “Niebuhr increasingly gets frustrated with Graham for what he sees as a blindness to other social ills in the
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