This 5 page report discusses the semiologic aspects of the prime-time television show Touched by an Angel. In contemporary popular culture, television serves as one of the best possible representations of how it is possible to understand larger realities about society and social beliefs via the stories told and symbols presented. The popular prime-time show Touched by an Angel illustrates such a process. The show is almost an ancient morality play in which the players learn greater truths about themselves and the world in which they live. The symbols and signals presented as a common denominator in each episode fit into a number of the assumptions made by Western humanity regarding seeing the light and personal redemption.
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Church tithing, functions and place in the world according to the United States constitution are all discussed. Bibliography lists one source. The humor and ambiguity of A Month of Sundays is discussed, followed by a discussion of the practices of televangelists Oral Roberts, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart in the late 1980s. Bibliography lists 12 sources. Indeed, without religious inclusion, which is truly a key component to contemporary living, the world as it is today would cease to exist.