A review by p_dus1
PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker's Evangelical Empire by John Wigger

3.0

The rise/fall of PTL and the Bakkers is a great story about American religiosity, the rise of television and the intersection between the two. It's clear the author did an incredible amount of research in writing this. Unfortunately the book was stuffed with (what I'd call) excess information. I felt like it could've used a lot more editing for concision and clarity.

The author only starts to really contextualize with some creative license in the last thirty or so pages. Would've been nice to have even a little bit more of that.

I'd still recommend this for anyone interested in PTL, The Bakkers, or Religion from an academic and/or sociological perspective.