Chapter 1 Senator's Son Chapter 2 Conversion Chapter 3 The $70 Network Chapter 4 High Hopes and Jimmy Carter Chapter 5 Prophet of Politics and Doom Chapter 6 The Reagan Mirage Chapter 7 The Secret Kingdom Chapter 8 From Ministry to Empire Chapter 9 Robertson's University Chapter 10 Testing the Waters Chapter 11 Into the Ring Chapter 12 Iowa Corn and Cuban Missiles Chapter 13 Robertson's Rhetoric Chapter 14 Pat Robertson, Inc. Chapter 15 The Christian Coalition Triumphant Chapter 16 The Collapse of the Christian Coalition Chapter 17 Trouble at Regent University Chapter 18 Robertson and W Chapter 19 The Emperor in Twilight
David John Marley teaches history at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California.
A vitally important and fascinating account of one of the most
influential figures in America.
*Alan Wolfe, Director of the Boisi Center for Religion & American
Public Life at Boston College*
David John Marley provides a valuable analysis of one of the
leading figures of the Christian Right. Marley shows the diverse
elements of Pat Robertson’s financial, educational, and political
efforts, telling a fascinating story of one of the most colorful
characters in recent American history.
*Clyde Wilcox, professor of government, Georgetown University*
According to American mythology, anyone can be president of the
United States. David John Marley's biography of Pat Robertson shows
that equally mythological may be the idea that anyone can run for
president. As unexpected and remarkable as Pat Robertson's quest
for the highest political office in the United States was, in
Marley's capable hands it is a story crammed with insights about
the peculiar mix of faith, politics, and business enterprise that
characterizes the Religious Right.
*D. G. Hart, Director for Partnered Programs, Intercollegiate
Studies Institute*
David John Marley's book reflects impressive research as well as
the author's deep understanding of conservative Protestantism. It
is simply the best study of Pat Robertson's career as a national
figure, especially his finances, his theological twists and turns,
and his relations with Presidents Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and
both Bushes.
*Leo Ribuffo, author of The Old Christian Right: The Protestant
Far Right from the Great Depression to the Cold War*
Marley has written a solid and well-researched biography of one of
America's most controversial voices, Christian Coalition founder
and former presidential candidate Pat Robertson....Fascinating and
often engaging.
*Library Journal*
Interesting and balanced coverage.... Marley has produced a
fascinating study of a very powerful man and a dangerous man... Pat
Robertson is a valuable study for anyone interested in the ability
of one person to make a difference, the role of the Christian Right
in AMerican politics and culture, the use of financial support to
protect business interests abroad, and the development of the
Christian Right as an extension of the Republican Party in the
1980s.
*H-Net: Humanities and Social Science Reviews Online*
Marley has done a fine job of researching the life of a major
religious figure and showing the ways Robertson has striven to blur
boundaries in all his areas of influence.
*Journal Of Southern Religion*
The timing is right for a biography such as this, and I suspect
that Marley's analysis will be the first of several such works that
explain the important role Evangelical leaders have played in
setting the course of political and social discourse for the
twenty-first century.
*Pneuma 32*
This book evidences good research and a readable narrative
style....A useful update to our understanding of an important—but
underestimated—figure in recent American religion and culture.
*Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture*
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