Pray TV by Steve Bruce

Pray TV by Steve Bruce

In this book, first published in 1990, the significance of televangelism in America is examined in detail. It discusses the place of televangelism in the history of American Protestantism; the styles of leading TV preachers and the televangelical star system; the relation of televangelism to conservatism and politics.

Steve Bruce, Professor of Sociology, University of Aberdeen

Steve Bruce is an internationally renowned sociologist of religion. He taught at The Queen's University, Belfast, from 1978 to 1991 and since 2001 he has been Professor of Sociology at the University of Aberdeen. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy and in 2005 he was elected a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Steve Bruce is the author of a number of books, including Secular Beats Spiritual (OUP, 2017), Bryan Wilson's Religion in Secular Society: Fifty Years On (OUP 2016), and Scottish Gods: Religion in Modern Scotland (Edinburgh University Press, 2014).

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ISBN 13	9780367025656
ISBN 10	0367025655
Title	Pray TV
Author	Steve Bruce
Series	Routledge Library Editions: Sociology Of Religion
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Routledge
Year published	2019-03-27
Number of pages	286
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