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The Spiritual Workday of the American Prosperity Gospel
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2181370 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kate Bowler (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 630-636 |
| Publication date | 2015-09-03 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Cultural Economy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1753-0350 • E-ISSN: 1753-0369 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/17530350.2014.982150 |
| OpenAlex | W2053068466 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 2 |
This paper responds to two common questions surrounding the controversy of the American prosperity gospel: what kind of work is the prosperity gospel and who does it benefit? I argue that the movement contains both heavily supernatural approaches and deeply pragmatic responses to the market. Further, its wealthy preachers are the most direct beneficiaries and the focus of the debate over the movement's claims
Aesthetics · Environmental ethics · Gospel · Political economy · Political science · Prosperity · Sociology · Theology · Work (physics · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Engineering · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development
| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |