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A Beautiful Mess: On “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Emily Suzanne Johnson considers “The Eyes of Tammy Faye Bakker,” a richly detailed biopic that also happens to be a lost soul.
Emily Suzanne Johnson
Emily Suzanne Johnson is an assistant professor of History at Ball State University in Indiana. Her book, This Is Our Message: Women’s Leadership in the New Christian Right (Oxford, 2019), explores the lives and work of prominent conservative Christian women, including Tammy Faye Bakker. Her writing has appeared in the Washington Post, The Conversation, and Religion and Politics.