Talk:Televangelism
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Why not make List of United States televangelists a separate article? -- Zoe done dml
I was the one who originally wrote this page, and someone deleted almost all of my text to place a Catholic slant on the subject. I have now rewritten the piece WITHOUT DELETING the Catholic references. I would ask the same consideration from future editors. I think that would be merely civil. If you had felt so strongly about the subject that you would delete 90% of my text, you should have written it in the first place. -- Rob Field
Where did the idea that someone who used radio as a medium was a "televangelist" come from? If they weren't on television they weren't a televangelist, at least in my dictionary (Merriam-Webseter's Collegiate 11th edition). So I'll be changing the reference to Coughlin. -- Someone else 06:57, 16 Oct 2003 (UTC)
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[edit] Paul Crouch & Trinity Broadcasting
If the article is correct that televangelism is entirely a U.S. phenomenon, how does Paul Crouch operate an almost-worldwide ministry through his Trinity Broadcasting Network? Rlquall 02:12, 16 May 2005 (UTC)
- I've been told about a televangelist in New Zealand as well as some form of Catholic TV programming in Switzerland. --Tydaj 19:22, 4 August 2005 (UTC)
The one in NZ is probably Brian Tamaki. Link = http://www.destinychurch.org.nz/about.asp
[edit] Worldwide televangelism
"Most countries do not permit this kind of open-access evangelism" - what does 'most countries' mean? And does the sentence mean that televangelism is somehow illegal in most countries? The first half of the sentence is ambiguous, the second is probably just plain wrong.
Never mind, someone already changed it while I was writing, though I'd still like to know in which countries televangelism is illegal.
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Well, the BBC [British Broadcasting Corporation] is funded by the taxpayer, and part of the mandate is that they remain unbiased. So if they were to devote 5 hours of airtime to a twat with a dog collar saying "send me dollars now! And Christ will save you from burgers and guns and terrorism", I suspect there'd be a public outcry.
Besides, televangelism is viewed in Europe as crass, dull, and a very American thing that'd never catch on over here. People of faith here tend to go to churches instead of sitting on a sofa watching TV of a sermon.
[edit] Word Origin
Time magazine has an online version of their creation of the word here in case someone wants to make an addendum to the references section
[edit] Deletion review for Melissa Scott (pastor)
Vote at Wikipedia:Deletion review/Log/2007 March 22.. Badagnani 06:42, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
