Jimmy Swaggart speaking into a microphone

Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart speaks during a church service (Image source: Wikimedia Commons.)

Jimmy Swaggart’s rise and fall shaped the landscape of American televangelism

Swaggart’s calls for a return to conservative Christian norms live on in today’s world of tradwives, limited access to abortion and calls to repeal gay marriage, writes a scholar of religion.
ByDiane Winston