February 10, 2020

author: The Guardian (Curated)

Crooked Preachers and Sexy Priests: Has TV Got a Problem With Christianity?

Faith-leaders and believers fear new religious broadcasting sees the obligatory reverence of earlier TV decades replaced by ritual ridicule.

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