The rituals of religion as practiced in the United States on television have become big theatre.
Televangelism is big business, amounting to billions of dollars each year.
Often, most of the money that is earned in the electronic church is spent in raising more money so that more can be spent to raise more money. The industry feeds on itself, but it also feeds on those who can least support it. Many questions concerning the electronic ministry have arisen, not the least of which is whether the social body can and should support it. The essays in this collection address a number of those questions. The answers may surprise you.