Broadcasting the Faith: Protestant Religious Radio and Theology in America 1920-50

Broadcasting the Faith tells the riveting story of the American churchs embrace of radio in the early decades of the twentieth century. By investigating major radio personalities like Walter Maier Aimee Semple McPherson Harry Emerson Fosdick and Charles Fuller this study considers the implications for theology in America when Christianity moved to the airwaves. In the heyday of radio religious-radio preachers sought to use their programs to counter the secularization of American culture. Ultimat...See More