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Archive, Books, RD10Q, RD10Q, Remapping American ChristianitiesSeptember 12, 2017

More Than Big Hair and Money: Jim, Tammy Faye and the Media “Holy Wars” of the 80s

By John Wigger

What inspired you to write PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical…

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"At a cultural moment in the West inflected by public awareness of the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy & its coverup...it feels almost inevitable that the 14th Dalai Lama would be understood by many as a sexual predator," writes Geoffrey Goble: https://t.co/hIfQYBkqnh

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"Because of Christian dominance and pervasive Christian privilege, many Americans’ primary association with religion is Christianity, and that shapes their responses to questions about ‘religion’ they encounter in public opinion polls," writes @C_Stroop: https://t.co/HGVvB9OTwu

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You can find @FredClarkson's full article on our site: https://t.co/3dUr8Cz59q

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