"Kevin Kruse in his book One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America details how industrial…"

"Rev. Otis: He gave you all his love, gave you all his divine grace, gave you all his salvation. And he deserves all y…"

"To countless generations of religious thinkers, the fundamental maxim of Christian social ethics had seemed to be exp…"

"The shrewd, calculating commercialism which tries all human relations by pecuniary standards, the acquisitiveness whi…"

"There’s a branch of Christianity that promises a direct path to the good life. It is called by many names, but most o…"

"During my years of research, I talked to televangelists who offered spiritual guarantees that viewers would receive m…"

"It is true that the prosperity gospel encourages people — especially its leaders — to revel in private jets and multi…"

"Throughout the twentieth century, proponents of this particularly American blend of theology envisaged God as a kind …"

"Central to the prosperity gospel was the idea of tithing, or giving money to the church, ideally one's “first fruits”…"

"The prosperity gospel tended to ebb and flow in accordance with wider cultural trends — it flourished in the postwar …"