Watch this! : the ethics and aesthetics of black televangelism / Jonathan L. Walton.
Material type: TextSeries: Religion, race, and ethnicityPublisher: New York : New York University Press, [2009]Copyright date: 2009Description: 1 online resource (300 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814795477 (e-book)Subject(s): Television in religion -- United States | Evangelistic work -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Evangelistic work -- United States -- History -- 21st century | African Americans -- Religion | United States -- Church history -- 20th century | United States -- Church history -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Watch this! : the ethics and aesthetics of black televangelism.DDC classification: 269/.2608996073 LOC classification: BV656.3 | .W35 2009Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Invocation: Time to tune in : the phenomenon of African American religious broadcasting -- We too sing America : racial invisibility, respectability, and the roots of Black religious broadcasting -- Something within : the cultural sources of Rev. Frederick J. Eikerenkoetter II -- Standing on the promises : diversity and change within contemporary Black Christian practices -- Come, ye disconsolate : the ministry of Bishop T. D. Jakes -- We are soldiers! : the ministry of Bishop Eddie L. Long -- Fill my cup, Lord : the ministry of Pastors Creflo and Taffi Dollar -- The reasons why we sing : the competing rituals of self-affirmation and social accommodation -- Lift every voice : authority, ideology, and the implications of religious broadcasting for the Black church -- Benediction: Blest be the tie that binds.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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