Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel by Root, Jonathan

Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel

In 1946, God gave Oral Roberts a new Buick. And this just one of many miracles the...
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Author: Jonathan Root
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Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel by Root, Jonathan

Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel

¥6,275

Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel

¥6,275
Author: Jonathan Root
Format: Paperback
Language: English

In 1946, God gave Oral Roberts a new Buick.

And this just one of many miracles the young, broke preacher learned to expect, as Oral Roberts would go on to build an evangelistic ministry worth millions of dollars, a medical complex, and a university. How do we interpret the life of a man who seemed to combine rampant consumerist excess with a sincere devotion to the gospel?

Seeking to answer this question, Jonathan Root weaves together accounts of Oral Roberts's life in a balanced and engaging narrative. This fresh biography covers Roberts's early life during the Great Depression in Oklahoma, his family's financial struggles during his early career as a Pentecostal preacher, his healing ministry's explosive growth in popularity via the new media of radio and television, and his empire's eventual collapse. Root pays special attention to how Roberts introduced the "prosperity gospel" to American Protestants with his affirmation that God intends his followers to be both spiritually and physically fulfilled.

Root's engaging narration looks to primary sources on Roberts's life as well as the mythologized stories he told years later. The man who emerges is both deeply flawed and entirely earnest in his devotion to Christ. Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel will be an absorbing read for all those interested in American religious history and one of its most colorful figures.



Author: Jonathan Root
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 04/20/2023
Pages: 271
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.86lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.73d
ISBN: 9780802877277


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 02/13/2023
Library Journal 04/01/2023 pg. 113

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