To his credit, Mr. Graham made a production of racially integrating his revivals and rallies at a time when many white Southern Protestants found this step provocative. The same pattern emerged in Mr. Graham’s approach to Christian witness in the world beyond the United States. Never was the American theologian Reinhold Niebuhr more right than when he warned in 1957 that Mr. Graham promoted childlike religious emotions and obscurantist ideas. PhotoMr. Niebuhr presents a revealing contrast to Mr. Graham. Mr. Graham had a choice as to where he would urge his followers to come down on these issues.

Source: New York Times February 21, 2018 23:48 UTC