Salvation with a Smile : : Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity /

Salvation with a Smile : : Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity / / Phillip Luke Sinitiere.

Joel Osteen, the smiling preacher, has quickly emerged as one of the most recognizable Protestant leaders in the country. His megachurch, the Houston based Lakewood Church, hosts an average of over 40,000 worshipers each week. Osteen is the best-selling author of numerous books, and his sermons and...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Sinitiere, Phillip Luke,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]
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Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. John Osteen’s Pentecost: The Origins of Lakewood Church
  • 2. John Osteen’s Prosperity Gospel: Faith and Divine Healing at the Oasis of Love
  • 3. Joel Osteen’s Prosperity Gospel, Part I: “We Believe in New Beginnings”
  • 4. Joel Osteen’s Prosperity Gospel, Part II: The Mind, Mouth, and Body Becoming Better
  • 5. Joel Osteen’s Tel-e-vangelism: The Message and Its Media
  • 6. Lakewood’s Charismatic Core: Healing Hurts, Extending Hope
  • 7. The Redemptive Self: Finding and Forging Faith at Lakewood Church
  • 8. Joel Osteen’s Piety of Resistance: New Calvinism and Evangelicalism’s Crisis of Authority
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A: Joel Osteen, “What the Resurrection Means to Us as Believers” (1999)
  • Appendix B: Joel Osteen, “Vision Sunday” (1999)
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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