A Glimpse into the Prosperity Gospel

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In 1946, God gave the-rise-of-the-prosperity-gospel.aspx”>Oral Roberts a new Buick.

And this is 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?

In the-rise-of-the-prosperity-gospel.aspx”>Oral Roberts and the Rise of the Prosperity Gospel, Jonathan Root weaves together accounts of Oral Roberts’s life in a balanced and engaging narrative, paying 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 …