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In February of 1988, Jimmy Swaggart, the world's most watched televangelist, was caught consorting with a prostitute in New Orleans, Louisiana. This study examines Swaggart's rhetorical campaign to salvage his ministry in the face of those actions. By analyzing his sermons, letters, and magazine articles presented between February 21 and May 22, 1988, the work seeks to discover the rationale that Swaggart offered his doctrinal community to justify the claim, I am worthy of forgiveness and continued support.
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