If you have no joy, there’s a leak in your Christianity somewhere.

— Billy Sunday (1862–1935), Erweckungsprediger

Billy Sunday

William Ashley „Billy“ Sunday (1862–1935) war ein US-amerikanischer Baseballprofi und presbyterianischer Erweckungsprediger, der Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts in den gesamten USA vor Millionen Menschen sprach. Bekannt für seinen dynamischen Predigtstil und seinen Einsatz für die Prohibition, rief er zu persönlicher Umkehr auf, stand jedoch auch wegen nationalistischer Töne und der Beibehaltung der Rassentrennung bei Südstaaten-Kampagnen in der Kritik. Bibellesern begegnet er heute als Wegbereiter moderner Massenevangelisation sowie durch pointierte Zitate zu Heuchelei und Glaubenspraxis.

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