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Televangelism Crisis
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Televangelism Crisis
The problems of the industry in the wake of the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart financial and sexual scandals, including the historical and cultural background and the role of the Ku Klux Klan in the growth of evangelism.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages) |
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1992
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"Televangelism and its Problems in the Wake of the Bakker and Swaggart AffairsThis research examines televangelism and the problems faced by televangelists in the wake of the Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart affairs. Jim Bakker was convicted of financial improprieties and misdealings in the operation of his PTL Ministries. Bakker was sentenced to 45 years in federal prison, where he may be found today, and his exposure and conviction created financial repercussions for televangelism generally, but not for all televangelists.. Jimmy Swaggart was accused of sexual improprieties in 1988.. Following an investigation of the allegations, Swaggart was disciplined by the governing body of the Pentecostal movement of which Swaggart Ministries was a part. Swaggart refused to submit to church discipline, and..."
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Televangelism Crisis (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Televangelism-Crisis/19316
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"Televangelism Crisis" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Televangelism-Crisis/19316>
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