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.