He climbed to the temporal heights, but his dualistic split and inability to integrate the conflicting manifestations of his own sex energy, what Swaggart himself refers to as 'demon oppression,' ultimately led to his public humiliation and downfall. Set against a southern backdrop during the rise of Holy Roller spiritual revivals and thumping rock-and-roll music, it is a captivating account of one of the most influential and conflicted men in the history of evangelical Christianity. Ann Rowe Seaman's Swaggart: The Unauthorized Biography of an American Evangelist, deftly moves between both images to give a deeper understanding of a story so rich in archetypal themes, drama and characters that Elmer Gantry pales beside it. Another is of Swaggart as an anointed (albeit flawed) man of God who had and has a genuine desire and calling to preach the Gospel in order to bring millions to salvation in Christ. The picture of Jimmy Swaggart as just another money-seeking, power-hungry, megalomaniacal sex addict masking himself as a minister is a common one. alone, caught with a prostitute at a sleazy motel west of New Orleans. The media was ablaze with the story of the born-again Fundamentalist preacher, the top televangelist of his time, whose weekly television audience was more than 2.1 million in the U.S. Say 'televangelist' or 'Jimmy Swaggart' and most people's associations are not likely to be positive. The Unauthorized Biography of an American Evangelist

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