Books like Blessed
Loved Blessed by Kate Bowler? Here are 8 books with the same pull, and why each one fits.
About Blessed →8 books
- 1Bright-sided
Bright-sided
Barbara EhrenreichIt critiques the American culture of positive thinking and self-help, which overlaps with the prosperity gospel's ideas about mindset and success.
- 2Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian Ame
Aimee Semple McPherson and the Resurrection of Christian America
Matthew Avery SuttonIt is a history of a Pentecostal healing evangelist and the popular religious movements of the early twentieth century, which is the world Bowler's early chapters describe.
- 3From Bible Belt to Sunbelt
From Bible Belt to Sunbelt
Darren DochukIt explains how evangelical religion and economic aspiration became entangled in postwar America, a context that helps explain the prosperity gospel's growth.
- 4The Evangelicals
The Evangelicals
Frances FitzGeraldIt offers a broad history of American evangelicalism and its political and cultural influence, placing megachurch preachers within a larger movement.
- 5Oprah
Oprah
Kathryn LoftonIt treats a popular media figure as a religious phenomenon, a useful comparison for readers interested in how faith, self-help and celebrity meet in American culture.
- 6The Cure Within
The Cure Within
Anne HarringtonIt traces the history of ideas linking mind and healing from nineteenth-century mesmerism to modern times, a background that connects with the early roots of prosperity teaching.
- 7Thy Kingdom Come
Thy Kingdom Come
Randall BalmerIt is a historian's account of modern American evangelical politics and its ties to religious movements, a topic that overlaps with the prosperity gospel's place in public life.
- 8Under the Banner of Heaven
Under the Banner of Heaven
Jon KrakauerIt is a narrative account of a religious movement in America whose leaders claimed divine authority, which raises questions similar to those Bowler asks about religious leadership and belief.
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