TY - BOOK ID - 77891766 TI - Selling Catholicism : Bishop Sheen and the power of television PY - 1998 SN - 0813157099 081317063X 9780813170633 0813120675 0813189462 PB - Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, DB - UniCat KW - Christianity and culture KW - Television in religion KW - Religious television KW - Televangelism KW - Television, Religious KW - Religious broadcasting KW - Television broadcasting KW - Contextualization (Christian theology) KW - Culture and Christianity KW - Inculturation (Christian theology) KW - Indigenization (Christian theology) KW - Culture KW - History KW - History. KW - Religious aspects KW - Sheen, Fulton J. KW - Sheen, Fulton John, KW - Sheen, Peter John, KW - Catholic Church KW - Life is worth living (Television program) KW - 251*23 KW - 929 SHEEN, FULTON KW - 929 SHEEN, FULTON Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek--SHEEN, FULTON KW - Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek--SHEEN, FULTON KW - Verkondiging en moderne media: radio; TV; pers KW - 251*23 Verkondiging en moderne media: radio; TV; pers KW - Church of Rome KW - Roman Catholic Church KW - Katholische Kirche KW - Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva KW - Römisch-Katholische Kirche KW - Römische Kirche KW - Ecclesia Catholica KW - Eglise catholique KW - Eglise catholique-romaine KW - Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ KW - Chiesa cattolica KW - Iglesia Católica KW - Kościół Katolicki KW - Katolicki Kościół KW - Kościół Rzymskokatolicki KW - Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai KW - Katholikē Ekklēsia KW - Gereja Katolik KW - Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit KW - Kanisa Katoliki KW - כנסיה הקתולית KW - כנסייה הקתולית KW - 가톨릭교 KW - 천주교 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77891766 AB - When the popularity of Milton Berle's television show began to slip, Berle quipped, ""At least I'm losing my ratings to God!"" He was referring to the popularity of ""Life Is Worth Living"" and its host, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen. The show aired from 1952 to 1957, and Sheen won an Emmy, beating competition that included Lucille Ball, Jimmy Durante, and Edward R. Murrow.What was the secret to Sheen's on-air success? Christopher Lynch examines how he reached a diverse audience by using television to synthesize traditional American Protestantism with a reassuring vision of Catholicism as patriotic a ER -