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televangelismEvangelism through religious programs on television. Such programs are usually hosted by a fundamentalist Protestant minister, who conducts services and often asks for donations. Billy Graham became known worldwide through his TV specials from the 1950s on. Other prominent televangelists have included Oral Roberts, Jerry Falwell, and Pat Robertson. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The son of disgraced televangelists Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, Jay Bakker and his alternative church, Revolution, are the focus of ``One Punk Under God,'' a six-part documentary beginning tonight on the Sundance Channel. The group is tied to a number of televangelists and relies on religious right revisionist historian David Barton, who peddles claptrap arguing that the United States was intended to be a "Christian nation:' The National Council's curriculum might be fine for a conservative church's Sunday school but it has no place in a public school. In an April 5 promotion of his book, Parsley sounded as shrill, if not more so, than televangelists Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson. |
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