Television

Links to TV Materials Cited by Page in the Book

The following references are from Understanding Evangelical Media: The Changing Face of Christian Communication. Kathy Bruner authored the chapter on evangelical television. This chapter also contains articles authored by Kathleen Sindorf, Alex Wainer, and Quentin Schultze.

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Travel the Road (p. 46)

“Bishop Fulton Sheen” (p. 47)
Wikipedia Entry

Catholic Eternal World Television Network (p. 47)

Precept Ministries International (p. 47)

FamilyNet (p. 47)

American Center for Law & Justice: Jay Sekulow (p. 47)

Bananas Creator and Star Jeff Allen (p. 47)

Jeff Allen Stand-up routine (p.47)


Steelroots (p. 48)

iLife TV (p. 48)

The Logan Show (p. 48)

The Logan Show YouTube Channel

“Malcolm Muggeridge” (p. 50)
Wikipedia Entry

Links to Additional Online Perspectives

These links include a wide range of academic, religious, and secular views of evangelical media, from satirical criticism to enthusiastic application.

Academic Articles & Research

“From the Word to the Televisual Image: The Televangelists and Pope John Paul II”
Jacques Gutwirth, Diogenes 47, no. 3 (1999): 122–33.

“Selling Goods and Selling God: Advertising, Televangelism and the Commodity Form”
Janice Peck, Journal of Communication Inquiry 17, no. 1 (Winter 1993): 5–24.

Commentary & Criticism

“Television Termination at the Christian ‘Booksellers’ Convention”
The Constructive Curmudgeon

News Reports

“Religious Broadcasters Brace for Uncertain Future”
Religion News Service

“Media Tune in to Ethnic Audiences”
USA Today

“À la Carte Cablevision a Threat to Religious Broadcasting?”
The Washington Post

Producers & Publications

Christian Television Ministries

Further Reading & Viewing

Religious Broadcasting
Wikipedia Entry