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PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker´s Evangelical Empire
John Wigger
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Description for PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker´s Evangelical Empire
Hardback. On its surface, PTL is the spectacular story of the rise and fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker from humble beginnings to wealth, fame, and eventual disgrace. John Wigger makes the case that this is also the story of a group of people who stood at the center of several major trends in American religion and culture during the 1970s and 1980s. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
In the early months of 1987 Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker had it all-a popular Christian talk show, produced on their own PTL satellite television network, a 2300-acre theme park visited by six million people, 2700 employees, and millions of adoring fans. By the end of that year the Bakkers would lose everything. Jim became embroiled in a sexual assault lawsuit, which resulted in his forced resignation as president of PTL. Two years later he was accused and eventually convicted of fraud, landing him in jail for nearly five years. The Bakker empire had fallen, and to many its ... Read more
In the early months of 1987 Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker had it all-a popular Christian talk show, produced on their own PTL satellite television network, a 2300-acre theme park visited by six million people, 2700 employees, and millions of adoring fans. By the end of that year the Bakkers would lose everything. Jim became embroiled in a sexual assault lawsuit, which resulted in his forced resignation as president of PTL. Two years later he was accused and eventually convicted of fraud, landing him in jail for nearly five years. The Bakker empire had fallen, and to many its ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
424
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780199379712
SKU
V9780199379712
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About John Wigger
John Wigger is Professor of History at the University of Missouri.
Reviews for PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker´s Evangelical Empire
Taking on scandal as a subject of study is complicated. It is tempting to dismiss PTL and the Bakkers as the worst exemplars of Christian hypocrisy. The more productive venture is to explicate the complexity of the Bakkers motivations, to explain the gradual escalation of their ambition, and to narrate the story of grace found and lost. Wigger does this ... Read more