Radio revival shows transmitted modern evangelicalism under traditionalist branding

Evidence

His mother sought to raise him as a proper Baptist, taking him to church and having him listen to Charles Fuller’s Old Fashioned Revival Hour each week on the radio. (A purveyor of modern evangelicalism, Fuller was neither old-fashioned nor Baptist.) — Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Jesus and John Wayne, 219

Categorization

  • CANDY: A quick, odd fact — the iconic ‘Old Fashioned Revival Hour’ was neither old-fashioned nor Baptist.
  • XREF: connects to: Nazi radio spectacles deliberately mimicked religious worship — Tim Wu, The Attention Merchants, 419