Professor stevenson and the book the contested murder of Latasha Harlins justice, gender, and the origins of the la riots you are watching booktv on cspan2. Host kate bowler is the author of blessed a history of the american prosperity gospel. Guest an offshoot of pentecostal religion and has a special vocabulary how faith reaches out to the invisible to bring back materials. Host what is pentecostal . Of movement in the early 20th century roughandtumble openness to spiritual that focuses on the power of god of spiritual tongs but it is the mentality that god is around the corner so looks for slightly different things. Host does prosperity gospel mean wealth . There is material they said the body was gods home he was profoundly american youre not just in individual but someone that could baa manifestation of gods presence so they said this could be interpreted even more concrete not just with your health but finances to help christians sing through every detail was proof that god was t
Kind of rough and tumble and openness is virtual gift that usually centers on the power of god to be spoken to what they call spiritual tone but its a science and wonder at how god is just around the corner. You just have to keep your eyes open. The prosperity gospel is one version that looks at slightly Different Things in pentecostalism. Please go when you things does prosperity mean wealth if you follow this way . Guest pentecostals were material to match. They said the body was gods home. It was one of the most profoundly american things you could say. You are not an individual doityourself bootstrap or page you are someone who can be a manifestation of gods very presence. The prosperity gospel to go to say this can be interpreted more concretely and not just in your house which has been a store christian tenets but also your finances and developed a vocabulary to help christians think through every detail. Host is this uniquely american . Guest i think in some ways its a kind of i
Could say. Youre not just an individual doityourself bootstrap or. You and someone who can be a meditation of gods very presence. So the prosperity gospel took that to say this could be interpreted even more concretely. Not just in your health, which has been a kind of historic christian. But also in your finances. They develop more and more vocabulary to o of christians think through how to build detailed in life is actually prove that god was there. Is this uniquely american . I think in some ways its a kind of indigenous american gospel. Its a rugged individualism. It is supernatural bootstraps. It has an incredibly high anthropology and theres no meaning kind of sense what people can do. There truly no nation it seems more confident in what they can accomplish than this one. Who are some of the preachers of the prosperity gospel . Do they call it that . That such a tough question. Some the preachers i would include as most popular are joe alstyne, td jakes, joyce meyer, creflo doll
Really everywhere there is a mega church and a local celebrity, youll find a prosperity preacher. But the term itself is very controversial. No one wants to be called a prosperity preacher and that was the burden of writing this book. How do you bring people and that would naturally resist that kind of label. Did some of those ministers participate in the book . They did. I managed to visit a quarter of all of what identified as prosperity mega churches. I interviewed someone representing the ministry from almost every major ministry. I went to every major conference. I was the annoying person pressed up against the glass at every conference hoping to get a glimpse of what was going on. What did you hear . What kind of message are these churches preaching . I think what surprised me the most was that it wasnt so much about money. I but naturally the prosperity gospel money was its most surprising claim. Sure if this is a gospel about money. What i found was people didnt talk about mone
Theres no question that congress routinely and administrations routinely dont speak the truth to the American Public. Thats not just inaccuracies in terms of the Affordable Health care act would do. It is the absence of speaking the truth about where we are. Where are we quiet we are now at a standard of living the same as what we had any teen 88. We now have, per family, unfunded obligations in. Dad of 1. 1 million per family. That needs to be spoken as we can build a context for the test things that are going to come. The biggest problem i see with congress denial of reality. You can still be a good person and deny reality. We all have flaws that we dont deny reality and as in our lives every day because we dont want to face them. The fact is we have had the leadership in a long time. That would stand up and tell the truth and the American Public about the situation we find ourselves in. You can debate what caused it. I will live out my idea what caused them. Career, politics and rea