So actually, originally I ended up seeing Benny Hinn both when he came to Raleigh, but also in the land where Jesus walked, in part because the only money they had for graduate students was international, so I was like “well, Holy Land, here I come!” Sweet, sweet money while studying a theology of money and it makes you feel like a hypocrite. Well, it was one of those things where you’re desperate to do research, you’re a graduate student, and you need money. Talk about Benny Hinn and what that that experience was like.īOWLER: Sure. So I thought it’d be cool to begin with your experience on a Holy Land tour in 2008 with Benny Hinn. You’re not just a detached researcher of bygone eras where no one can argue back with you. Your book is a rare book of academic history, because you bring the story right up to the present and you even include your own direct experiences and observations here. You describe it more like a network of preachers and conferences and media networks that all hit on these similar themes-how Christianity relates to wealth and health. It’s a way of viewing Christianity with those things foremost in mind. HODGES: So the “prosperity gospel.” This is something that deals with wealth and health and other issues like this. HODGES: Kate Bowler is assistant professor of American religion at Duke Divinity School and she’s the author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel. Questions and comments about this and other episodes of the Maxwell Institute Podcast can be sent to * * She’s here to help us understand the frequently lampooned but incredibly influential prosperity gospel movement. Bowler recently published a powerful follow-up column to Blessed in the New York Times. When historian Kate Bowler set out to write a book called Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel, she found herself being pulled into the book’s narrative herself in surprising ways. It’s more like a style of Christianity that emphasizes God’s desire to bless people-particularly and literally when it comes to wealth and health through your faith you can become healthy and rich. The prosperity gospel is not officially associated with any particular denomination. If you’ve never heard of a Christian Movement Scholars call “the prosperity gospel,” chances are you’ve at least heard of some of its most famous proponents like Joel Osteen, Creflo Dollar, or Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker. She is the author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel.īLAIR HODGES: It’s the Maxwell Institute Podcast. Bowler recently published a powerful follow-up column to Blessed in the New York Times called “ Death, the Prosperity Gospel, and Me.” She’s here to help us understand the frequently lampooned and incredibly influential prosperity gospel movement.Ībout Kate Bowler Kate Bowler is assistant professor of American Religion at Duke Divinity School. When historian Kate Bowler set out to write the book Blessed: A History of the Prosperity Gospel Movement she found herself being pulled into the book’s narrative in surprising ways. Through your faith, you can become healthy and rich. It’s more a style of Christianity, one that emphasizes God’s desire to bless people-particularly and literally when it comes to wealth and health. “The prosperity gospel” is not officially associated with any particular denomination. Even if you’ve never heard of a Christian movement scholars call “the prosperity gospel,” chances are you know some of its most famous proponents, like Joel Osteen or Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker.
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