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Religion & Religious Movements

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Billy Graham 1918–2018Religion & Religious MovementsEvangelist whose mass crusades, media reach, and presidential relationships made him a defining figure in modern American Protestantism.Jerry Falwell 1933–2007Religion & Religious MovementsPastor and political organizer who helped make conservative evangelicalism a major Republican constituency.Pat Robertson 1930–2023Religion & Religious MovementsFounded the Christian Broadcasting Network and, after a failed 1988 presidential run, the Christian Coalition.Oral Roberts 1918–2009Religion & Religious MovementsMoved Pentecostal healing services from the revival tent onto national television, and built a university on the proceeds.Fulton J. Sheen 1895–1979Religion & Religious MovementsCatholic bishop whose radio and television programs made him one of America’s first major religious media personalities.Joel Osteen b. 1963Religion & Religious MovementsBuilt his father's Houston church into the largest congregation in the United States and preached it to millions on television.Aimee Semple McPherson 1890–1944Religion & Religious MovementsEvangelist and media innovator who founded the Foursquare Church and pioneered religious broadcasting and celebrity ministry.