Blessed by Kate Bowler5/12/2023 Bowler shows us that its deep roots and vibrant future, even after the recent recession, place it solidly in the category of religious movements to watch." -Church History "Marvelous this is a stunningly empathetic book. She identifies both the dazzling diversity and the common understandings that have given the prosperity gospel coherence" -Christian Century "Bowler's respect for her subjects and her ability to locate them in the larger American religious narrative mean that serious scholars dismiss the prosperity gospel at their own peril. It is an important addition to the library of pastors or scholars who regularly encounter the prosperity gospel in their ministry."-Southwestern Journal of Theology "Bowler shows how the prosperity gospel movement has drawn from multiple denominational, racial, ethnic, and even secular subtraditions. Ruccio, Journal of Cultural Economy "Very readable and engaging.Blessed is the best history of the development of the prosperity gospel written to date. Carter, Journal of Cultural Economy "Highly entertaining.and deeply human."-David F.
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