Pat Robertson
Subtitle: a life and legacy
By: David Edwin Harrell, Jr
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9780802863843
Description: Pat Robertson: A Life and Legacy is the first sweeping overview of the remarkable life and the vast international empire led by Marion Gordon "Pat" Robertson (1930-), one of the consummate -- and most controversial -- American visionaries of the twentieth century.  Based on thousands of documents from the files of the Christian Broadcasting Network and the private correspondence of Robertson himself. --from publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-416) and index.
Table of contents: title: Origins; title: Christian broadcaster; title: Personal life: family, fame, and religious identity; title: From television entrepreneur to presidential candidate; title: Completing the political journey: the Christian Coalition; title: Rebuilding the Christian Broadcasting Network; title: New frontiers: WorldReach and Operation Blessing; title: Home front: Regent University and the American Center for Law and Justice; title: Multiple incarnations: entrepreneur, author, controversialist; title: Religious life: a charismatic middle way; title: The man, the empire, the legacy.