Televangelism

Selected full-text books and articles on this topic at Questia

Televangelism: The Marketing of Popular Religion
Razelle Frankl. Southern Illinois University Press, 1987

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The God Pumpers: Religion in the Electronic Age
Marshall Fishwick; Ray B. Browne. Bowling Green State University Popular Press, 1987

Librarian’s tip: Includes discussion of televangelism in multiple chapters

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TV Genres: A Handbook and Reference Guide
Brian G. Rose. Greenwood Press, 1985

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 19 "The Television Church"

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Religion vs. Television: Competitors in Cultural Context
Jay Newman. Praeger, 1996

Librarian’s tip: Chap. Three "Religious Television"

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Popular Culture, Schooling, and Everyday Life
Henry A. Giroux; Roger I. Simon. Bergin & Garvey, 1989

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 8 "Televangelism as Pedagogy and Cultural Politics"

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Popular Religion in America: The Evangelical Voice
Erling Jorstad. Greenwood Press, 1993

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 5 "Popular Religion and the Transformation of Television"

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Practicing Religion in the Age of the Media: Explorations in Media, Religion, and Culture
Stewart M. Hoover; Lynn Schofield Clark. Columbia University Press, 2002

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 16 "Between American Televangelism and African Anglicanism"

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Television Myth and the American Mind
Hal Himmelstein. Praeger Publishers, 1994 (2nd edition)

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 9 "TV Religion and the TV Game Show: The Great American Dream in the Late Twentieth Century"

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Holding Fast/Pressing On: Religion in America in the 1980s
Erling Jorstad. Praeger Publishers, 1990

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 7 "The Mass Media: Networks to Power"

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Peace with God
Billy Graham. Doubleday, 1953

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Oral Roberts: An American Life
David Edwin Harrell Jr. Indiana University Press, 1985

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The Conversion Experience in America: A Sourcebook on Religious Conversion Autobiography
James Craig Holte. Greenwood Press, 1992

Librarian’s tip: Chap. 1 "Jim Bakker (1940- ): Move That Mountain!" and Chap. 13 "Jerry Falwell (1933- ): Strength for the Journey"

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