The Other Preacher in Lynchburg

My Life Across Town from Jerry Falwell

Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book The Other Preacher in Lynchburg by John Killinger, St. Martin's Press
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Author: John Killinger ISBN: 9781429951104
Publisher: St. Martin's Press Publication: March 17, 2009
Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books Language: English
Author: John Killinger
ISBN: 9781429951104
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication: March 17, 2009
Imprint: Thomas Dunne Books
Language: English

After teaching for a number of years, John Killinger, eager to be a pastor, was offered a church in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was in the 1980s when Jerry Falwell had a congregation there. Falwell had just started the Moral Majority movement and had helped to get Ronald Reagan elected president. In 1983, a Good Housekeeping national poll rated Jerry Falwell the second most respected man in America after Reagan.

John Killinger's new book is in part a picture of Falwell and an exploration of his influence from the unique standpoint of a "rival" minister who says that his experience of his Lynchburg years is what soon turned him into one of Fundamentalism's most trenchant and outspoken critics.

This is a fascinating story told with great grace and style about two very different men of faith, both struggling to capture hearts, minds, and souls.

"Swift-moving and engaging." - Publishers Weekly

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After teaching for a number of years, John Killinger, eager to be a pastor, was offered a church in Lynchburg, Virginia. It was in the 1980s when Jerry Falwell had a congregation there. Falwell had just started the Moral Majority movement and had helped to get Ronald Reagan elected president. In 1983, a Good Housekeeping national poll rated Jerry Falwell the second most respected man in America after Reagan.

John Killinger's new book is in part a picture of Falwell and an exploration of his influence from the unique standpoint of a "rival" minister who says that his experience of his Lynchburg years is what soon turned him into one of Fundamentalism's most trenchant and outspoken critics.

This is a fascinating story told with great grace and style about two very different men of faith, both struggling to capture hearts, minds, and souls.

"Swift-moving and engaging." - Publishers Weekly

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