03259nam 2200865 a 450 991110779360332120251116165713.097808147528210814752829978081476513508147651309781429414326142941432410.18574/nyu/9780814765135(CKB)1000000000245317(EBL)865779(OCoLC)779828241(SSID)ssj0000255025(PQKBManifestationID)11208352(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000255025(PQKBWorkID)10212818(PQKB)11416417(OCoLC)78066953(MdBmJHUP)muse10527(Au-PeEL)EBL865779(CaPaEBR)ebr10137152(DE-B1597)548102(DE-B1597)9780814765135(MiAaPQ)EBC865779(Perlego)720597(EXLCZ)99100000000024531720050414d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrT.D. Jakes America's new preacher /Shayne Lee1st ed.New York New York University Pressc20051 online resource (213 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9780814752241 0814752241 9780814752050 0814752055 Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-194) and index.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.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 BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / ReligiousbisacshCritically.Jakes.bent.commodities.consumption.examines.faith.industry.mass.producing.proliferation.prominence.rise.spiritual.BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious.289.9/4/092BLee Shayne1617137MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911107793603321T.D. Jakes4781199UNINA