Oxford University Press eBooks· 2013· Book chapter
Blessed
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Short summary
The American prosperity gospel, originating from diverse metaphysical and self-help ideas, evolved into a major religious movement post-WWII, gaining national prominence through televangelists and adapting to survive scandals to become a 21st-century megachurch phenomenon.
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Key points
- The prosperity gospel originated from diverse metaphysical, pentecostal, and self-help concepts.
- The movement gained national prominence after World War II through pentecostal healing revivals and televangelists.
- It adapted and survived scandals in the late 1980s by rebranding as a therapeutic theology.
- The prosperity gospel is now a full-fledged cultural phenomenon within the 21st-century megachurch movement.
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Abstract
Blessed introduces a comprehensive history of the rise of the American prosperity gospel. What began as diverse metaphysical, pentecostal, and self-help conceptions about the power of the mind became one of the most influential popular religious movements of the last century. The book follows how the movement took shape after World War II in pentecostal healing revivals and exploded onto the national scene through televangelists with big hair and bigger promises. It survived the scandals of the late 1980s and remade its image as a therapeutic and effective theology of modern living. Now thriving in the 21st century megachurch movement, the prosperity gospel reigns as a full-fledged cultural phenomenon.
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