
- 176 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
A no-holds-barred criticism on the state of today's Christian broadcasting.
A book for every person who's ever flipped past the religious channel on cable and thought, "I haven't the faintest clue what's going on there," or "that church doesn't seem like my church at all," or even, "wow, so that's what happened to Kirk Cameron." With the personalities of Christian broadcasting constantly in the news talking about every major issue from abortion to culture to war and with the amount of influence their movements have on the the political discourse in this country, to under stand more about the stop on the television dail is to understand more about American and America's religious landscape.
On an average day, the largest religious broadcast channel in the country reaches millions of viewers and features programming from figures such as Benny Hinn, T.D. Jakes, Pat Robertson, Paul and Jan Crouch, Jess Duplantis, Joel Osteen, and others, yet despite it's presence in well over 50 million household many have little conception of what kind of faith happens there.
Nadia Bolz-Weber, a Lutheran seminarian and former stand-up comic who's never before watched religious broadcasting, spends 24 hours in front of the TV immersing herself in the messages and culture to be found on the part of the dial. Bolstered by visits from guest such as rabbi, her 8-year-old daughter, Unitarian friend, and others, Salvation on the Small Screen? is Bolz-Weber's chronicle, augmented by after-the-fact research, of a huge, but unknown or mysterious to many, branch of religious culture.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- The Stranger
- Paula White Today
- Simul lustus et Peccator
- Jesse Duplantis Ministries
- Enjoying Everyday Life with Joyce Meyer
- Changing Your World with Dr. Creflo Dollar
- John Hagee Today
- Breakthrough with Rod Parsley
- Today with Marilyn and Sarah
- Believer’s Voice of Victory
- Best of Praise the Lord
- Behind the Scenes
- Paula White Today
- Life Today
- The Grassley Six
- This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn
- The 700 Club
- What Are People Getting Out of This?
- John Hagee
- What Makes Something “Christian“?
- Breakthrough with Rod Parsley
- Praise the Lord (PTL)
- Prayer
- Ancient Secrets of the Bible
- Rediscovering the Kingdom with Dr. Myles Munroe
- Behind the Scenes
- Christology, Pneumatology, and the Absence of Language
- The Hal Lindsey Report
- Joel Osteen Ministries
- Ever Increasing Faith
- Praise the Lord
- What Is Really Being Sold on TBN?
- Against All Odds
- Life Focus
- The Dream Center with Tommy Barnett
- This Is Your Day with Benny Hinn
- Do They Believe It?
- Pastor Greg
- The Ramp
- Virtual Memory
- Bananas
- Xtreme Life
- Team Impact
- Children’s Heroes of the Bible
- BJ’s Teddy Bear Club
- Greatest Heroes and Legends of the Bible
- Epilogue: My Unlikely Evangelical Friend
- Acknowledgments