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PTL : the rise and fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's evangelical empire / John Wigger.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wigger, John H., 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- PTL Club (Television program).
- Bakker, Jim, 1940-.
- Bakker, Jim.
- Messner, Tammy Faye, 1942-2007.
- Messner, Tammy Faye.
- Television in religion--United States.
- Television in religion.
- Fundamentalism.
- History.
- United States.
- Evangelicalism--United States--History.
- Evangelicalism.
- Fundamentalism--United States--History.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 407 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Praise the Lord
- People that love
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- PTL traces the lives of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, from humble beginnings to wealth, fame, and eventual disgrace after revelations of a sex scandal and massive financial mismanagement. -- Adapted from book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 The DJ and the Queen 9
- 2 A Show of His Own 25
- 3 Everyday in the USA 41
- 4 Abundant Life 61
- 5 The Emperor's New Groove 77
- 6 Look Me in the Eye 92
- 7 Time Bomb 107
- 8 Special Math 125
- 9 Secret Lives 149
- 10 Four Days and Three Nights 160
- 11 Cover-Up 193
- 12 Saturday Night 222
- 13 Scandal 247
- 14 Holy War 272
- 15 Judgment Day 301.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Wigger, John H., 1959- author. PTL
- ISBN:
- 9780199379712
- 0199379718
- OCLC:
- 960033750
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