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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783764503321

Autore

Lee Shayne

Titolo

T.D. Jakes [[electronic resource] ] : America's new preacher / / Shayne Lee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2005

ISBN

0-8147-5282-9

0-8147-6513-0

1-4294-1432-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Disciplina

289.9/4/092

B

Soggetti

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Humble beginnings -- Once in a lifetime : Jakes receives his big break -- Prophetic sign and wonder : Jakes' ministry explodes -- A virtuoso, a prodigy : Jakes' appeal in the spiritual marketplace -- A message of prosperity -- "Woman art thou really loosed?" -- Businessman and a minister -- The new Black church -- American phenomenon : summary and conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

T.D. Jakes has emerged as one of the most prolific spiritual leaders of our time. He is pastor of one of the largest churches in the country, CEO of a multimillion dollar empire, the host of a television program, author of a dozen bestsellers, and the producer of two Grammy Award-nominated CDs and three critically acclaimed plays. In 2001 Time magazine featured Jakes on the cover and asked: Is Jakes the next Billy Graham. T.D. Jakes draws on extensive research, including interviews with numerous friends and colleagues of Jakes, to examine both Jakes's rise to prominence and proliferation of a