Harrell, David Edwin, Jr., 1930-2021.

Pat Robertson : a life and legacy / David Edwin Harrell, Jr. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co., 2010. - xiv, 442 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-416) and index.

Origins -- Christian broadcaster -- Personal life: family, fame, and religious identity -- From television entrepreneur to presidential candidate -- Completing the political journey: the Christian Coalition -- Rebuilding the Christian Broadcasting Network -- New frontiers: WorldReach and Operation Blessing -- Home front: Regent University and the American Center for Law and Justice -- Multiple incarnations: entrepreneur, author, controversialist -- Religious life: a charismatic middle way -- The man, the empire, the legacy.

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.

9780802863843 (cloth : alk. paper) 0802863841 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Robertson, Pat.


Evangelists--United States--Biography.

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