The God Pumpers: Religion in the Electronic Age

by Marshall William Fishwick

Book Overview

The rituals of religion these days as practiced in the United States on television, have become big theatre, a big show. Televangelism is big business, amounting to billions of dollars each year. Televangelists discussed are Billy Graham, Jimmy Swaggert, Jerry Falwell, Jim and Tammy Bakker, Terry Cole-Whittaker, Marilyn Hickey, Danuto Rylko Soderman, and Beverly LaHaye.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0879724005
• ISBN13: 9780879724009
• Release Date: June 1987
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"