Sin, Sanctimony & Satire - John Updike's A Month of Sundays

Abstract: A 15-page paper that reviews John Updike's 1975 novel entitled A Month of Sundays and examines the greed and scandal that marked the world of evangelism in the decade following its publication. The humor and ambiguity of A Month of Sundays is discussed, followed by a discussion of the practices of televangelists Oral Roberts, Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker, and Jimmy Swaggart in the late 1980s. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

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Catagory: General

Subcatagory: Communications, Media, Theory, Etc

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