For some reason, I have been reading the slew of atheist books that have recently appeared: Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens. There was a reference in the Hitchens (God is not Great) to this documentary, which won an Oscar for best documentary in 1973. It is the study of a young Pentecostal preacher named Marjoe Gortner, where Marjoe is a contraction of Mary and Joseph. Raised by revivalist preachers, Marjoe began preaching at age 4, and continued into his teens. He became disaffected, and moved into the California counter-culture. He then returned to preaching in his twenties, this time cynically milking the crowds, and dreaming of a career as rock star or movie actor.
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