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How Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influential

  • Written by Jason C. Bivins, Professor, North Carolina State University
How Pat Robertson changed Christian media and made it politically influentialPat Robertson, the host of the long-running daily television show "The 700 Club,” in 2016.AP Photo/Steve Helber, File

For Americans growing up between the 1950s and the 1980s, religion was a predictable presence on television: There were weekly Sunday morning shows and religious programming that issued end-time warnings, sought monetary...

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