Satan and savior
Subtitle: Protestant responses to the new medium of television
By: Michele Rosenthal.
Series: Religion/culture/critique series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 179
Subjects: Television broadcasting -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches; Television broadcasting -- United States -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches
Description: "During the early years of American television, the cultural preeminence of mainline Protestantism was a given. Evangelicalism and fundamentalism, if acknowledged at all, were portrayed as dinosaurs on their way to extinction. Yet by 1980, the equation changed. Televangelists eclipsed mainline broadcasters, even though the latter entered the television age with the cultural and economic advantages. This book compares the mainline and evangelical Protestant responses to television, with an eye toward understanding the long-term consequences in the political, cultural, and religious spheres."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.