Bibliograph

Salvation with a smile, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity, Phillip Luke Sinitiere

Type

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Salvation with a smile, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity, Phillip Luke Sinitiere

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-299) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Salvation with a smile

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

906010524

Responsibility statement

Phillip Luke Sinitiere

Sub title

Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity

Summary

"Salvation with a Smile situates Lakewood Church in the context of American religious history and illuminates how Joel Osteen has parlayed an understanding of American religious and political culture into vast popularity and success, "--NoveList

Table Of Contents

John Osteen's Pentecost : the origins of Lakewood Church -- John Osteen's prosperity gospel : faith and divine healing at the Oasis of Love -- Joel Osteen's prosperity gospel, part I : "We believe in new beginnings" -- Joel Osteen's prosperity gospel, part II : the mind, mouth, and body becoming better -- Joel Osteen's tel-e-vangelism : the message and its media -- Lakewood's charismatic core : healing hurts, extending hope -- The redemptive self : finding and forging faith at Lakewood Church -- Joel Osteen's piety of resistance : new Calvinism and evangelicalism's crisis of authority -- Appendix A. Joel Osteen, "what the Resurrection means to us as believers" (1999) -- Appendix B. Joel Osteen, "Vision Sunday" (1999)

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