https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to prosperity gospel en https://religiondispatches.org/2024/03/27/prophecy-and-prosperity-are-keys-republican-christian-nationalism-according-new-poll This morning, PRRI released a new study on religious change in the US with implications for understanding support for White Christian nationalism and its avatar, Donald Trump. Those implications fall into two broad categories: religious change and the faith identity… Wed, 27 Mar 2024 02:32:05 EDT Daniel Schultz 59b22e1d-db76-4c5b-814c-34bffebbc543 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/09/04/prosperity-gospel-prayers-arent-sufficient-save-hurricane-victims When we hear religious conservatives using the language of “prayers” and “favor” as a disaster strikes, it’s important to recognize that this pious rhetoric conceals neoliberal politics that impede the work of government institutions of disaster management. Wed, 04 Sep 2019 04:58:36 EDT Tony Keddie 4087d7f2-d71e-4cc0-ab88-306034100562 https://religiondispatches.org/2019/03/05/trumps-cpac-meltdown-wasnt-just-comedy-gold-it-was-groundbreaking-extremism Prior to Trump, no president has actually spoken at public right-wing events like CPAC and the Values Voter Summit, and he’s the first president to actively embrace the prosperity gospel. Tue, 05 Mar 2019 12:42:01 EST Becky Garrison 7086328c-143e-43af-8a43-8e33ab40bfdc https://religiondispatches.org/2018/04/11/charity-saved-day-charity-isnt-enough-kate-bowler-new-era The following is an exclusive excerpt from Kaleidoscope, a podcast featuring conversations on religion with the people often left out of conversations on religion and politics hosted by Deborah Jian Lee. As each new episode is released, Religion Dispatches will… Wed, 11 Apr 2018 02:13:23 EDT The Editors c1cea80f-9f95-4eb7-a69b-7af6d27f3727 https://religiondispatches.org/2017/09/12/more-big-hair-and-money-jim-tammy-faye-and-media-holy-wars-80s What inspired you to write PTL: The Rise and Fall of Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s Evangelical Empire? I was fascinated by how fast PTL grew and how quickly it fell apart. What I really wanted to know was how… Tue, 12 Sep 2017 05:02:36 EDT John Wigger 0bea274a-6135-490a-8e2c-8510c2c4a83a https://religiondispatches.org/2017/09/06/why-natural-disasters-were-perfect-timing-anti-lgbt-nashville-statement Amid all the ruminations and critiques of the Nashville Statement, one aspect sticks out to me as particularly curious: the timing. Why did the Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood choose this precise moment to trumpet evangelical Christianity’s longstanding, categorical… Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:47:44 EDT Kristel Clayville 11897090-074b-4cc1-9177-78bc57d5668d https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/30/prosperity-gospel-not-only-problem-joel-osteens-harvey-response Twitter was outraged Monday. Megachurch Pastor Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church, housed in a former basketball arena, looked to be dry and quiet, even as thousands of Houstonians were seeking shelter from Hurricane Harvey. “Joel Osteen” started to trend on Twitter… Wed, 30 Aug 2017 05:39:47 EDT Brie Loskota, Peter Gudaitis 850d26c5-9810-4dbb-b896-cd780b8cd94d https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/10/new-softer-prosperity-gospel-still-cant-deliver-its-promises-health-and-wealth Instead of houses and cars as evidence of faith, there is now an polished suggestion that you can have it all— the right body, a great spouse, and abundant opportunities—regardless of your socioeconomic status. Thu, 10 Aug 2017 07:00:21 EDT Verdell A. Wright c0b16060-fdaa-456c-b717-e7b3e0d419fa https://religiondispatches.org/2017/08/02/seth-meyers-tries-unpack-trumps-faith-narcissistic-prosperity-gospel On Monday’s episode of Late Night with Seth Meyers, the host took a break from lampooning the breaking news that constantly dribbles out of the White House, instead focusing on “Trump’s evolving views on faith, religion, and separation of church… Wed, 02 Aug 2017 04:33:39 EDT Sunnivie Brydum a7a30e44-3285-4224-ab23-7ee2a8583bcd https://religiondispatches.org/2017/06/01/complicating-prosperity-gospel-story-microeconomics-pentecostalism-international-edition Pentecostalism, prosperity gospel, and a mining economy? Sounds like West Virginia, but here we’re talking about Zambia. In this RD10Q author Naomi Haynes shakes up some widely-held assumptions about the role of Pentecostal Christianity in social and economic life. ____… Thu, 01 Jun 2017 03:27:03 EDT Naomi Haynes 36aad8ba-a8fe-4dbb-a0f5-1885fac4c093 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/06/09/progress-christ-commercial-america-review-chris-lehmanns-money-cult At 400 pages, Chris Lehmann’s The Money Cult: Capitalism, Christianity, and the Unmaking of the American Dream examines in appropriate depth the “mystery just how America’s once-austere and communal version of dissenting Protestantism developed into such a ripe recruiting ground… Thu, 09 Jun 2016 04:05:31 EDT Peter Laarman 04c6293b-efb3-4967-9af3-21e8e1289fe7 https://religiondispatches.org/2016/05/12/how-herbalifes-gospel-health-and-wealth-fuels-billion-dollar-deception If Whole Foods and Joel Osteen got together and had a child, it would probably look something like Herbalife. The nutrition company takes the transformative promise of natural products, mixes it with the ethic of the prosperity gospel, and then… Thu, 12 May 2016 01:49:09 EDT Michael Schulson de7459da-d459-43a6-8544-ddd5bdb466ed https://religiondispatches.org/2015/03/24/wrestling-and-religion-we-know-its-fake-and-we-dont-care Last week, filmmaker Max Landis posted a wildly popular digital short on YouTube entitled Wrestling Isn’t Wrestling. The premise of this “somewhat-mostly-accurate educational parody film,” as he calls it, is that what people think professional wrestling is, it’s not. Its… Tue, 24 Mar 2015 06:51:42 EDT Jess Peacock 2eb9d815-d83c-4e77-abcf-e24f9053bdfc https://religiondispatches.org/2014/07/08/did-pope-embrace-prosperity-gospel Late last month, Pope Francis met with charismatic Christian and Pentecostal leaders at the Vatican, including prosperity gospel televangelist Kenneth Copeland, a popular American religious figure whose theology and lifestyle is directly at odds with the Pope’s. The meeting was… Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:05:55 EDT Sarah Posner 3000fb77-758f-4cc9-8a34-383749d88165 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/11/18/kenneth-copelands-protectors How does the godfather of the prosperity gospel keep getting away with it? Mon, 18 Nov 2013 04:13:13 EST Sarah Posner 86bccb92-f963-4ddb-ad53-2350f03e0f15 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/06/06/gospel-and-ew-jackson Virginia’s candidate for Lt. Gov. preaches self-help politics and help-himself theology. Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:47:26 EDT Peter Montgomery c4b65c87-7139-4263-95f0-9231374e3d50 https://religiondispatches.org/2013/05/06/scope-bacon-twttr-hoaxes-joel-osteens-big-reveal In the wake of a series of high-profile April Fool’s pranks and a hoax at the expense of mega-preacher Joel Osteen, the question remains: what makes us believe in bacon-flavored mouthwash, a Martian invasion, or the renunciation of faith by one of the world’s most famous Christians? Mon, 06 May 2013 07:39:14 EDT Deborah Whitehead c3df07ad-5752-4fe1-9db1-7aaf82d2ff1f https://religiondispatches.org/2013/02/27/prosperity-gospel-and-foreclosure A megachurch collapses under the Word of Faith doctrine. Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:32:32 EST Sarah Posner d5c0407e-23a5-4012-bb8b-31f1f14aead9 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/11/02/electionpocalypse-part-i-christianity As Election Day approaches, the most craven, partisan, dire (and dumb) religious appeals begin to surface. Fri, 02 Nov 2012 06:43:36 EDT Sarah Posner 4f51bf0d-9902-4dd8-b6f9-eca815d4a290 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/10/31/mitt-romneys-prosperity-gospel Mitt Romney’s endorsement by various televangelists obscures the more important ways in which the candidate himself now projects the essence of televangelism. Wed, 31 Oct 2012 02:08:23 EDT Peter Laarman eef47585-cd0f-42b0-a167-2d31ec08128d https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/13/whats-wrong-controversial-businessweek-mormon-money-cover Offensive, juvenile, or on-point? Fri, 13 Jul 2012 06:31:51 EDT Joanna Brooks 3052c3b0-1744-4bcb-9caa-7f97fd4f6517 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/07/02/ross-douthats-rosy-old-time-religion In his latest the Times’ conservative Wunderkind Ross Douthat attempts to explain the current crisis as the result of our nation’s departure from orthodoxy. An honest look at the history of orthodoxy and he might see a past rife with the sin and brutality, enforced less by faith than by coercion. Mon, 02 Jul 2012 12:17:25 EDT Jerome E. Copulsky 9973c479-a934-44e8-bc24-b22bc97ebd8f https://religiondispatches.org/2012/06/11/prosperity-preacher-creflo-dollar-arrested-allegedly-assaulting-daughter Why am I not surpised? Mon, 11 Jun 2012 10:43:26 EDT Anthea Butler c3c24f07-cc43-477d-9abc-fe38f7f7f035 https://religiondispatches.org/2012/02/03/barbara-ehrenreichs-bright-sided-explores-dark-side-positive-thinking A new book reveals the historical roots and conservative uses of the positive thinking movement, showing how it encourages victim-blaming, political complacency, and a culture-wide flight from realism. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:06:48 EST Michelle Goldberg 81d9be09-6b5c-4ee8-af78-dbf0279c1235 https://religiondispatches.org/2011/07/25/fix-economy-god-way-dave-ramseys-great-christian-recovery In Dave Ramsey’s plan, God looks an awful lot like a libertarian with a conservative American protestant streak. Mon, 25 Jul 2011 05:02:13 EDT Paul Harvey 52cee855-2aaa-44de-9ec2-4c76a190fdca