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

• Autore: Lee Shayne
• Pubblicazione: New York, : New York University Press, c2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 289.9/4/092; B
• Soggetto topico: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious
• Soggetto non controllato: Critically; Jakes; bent; commodities; consumption; examines; faith; industry; mass; producing; proliferation; prominence; rise; spiritual
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: T.D. Jakes
• ISBN: 0-8147-5282-9; 0-8147-6513-0; 1-4294-1432-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783764503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II