Carol V R George

God's Salesman

Norman Vincent Peale and the Power of Positive Thinking

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Norman Vincent Peale was one of the most influential religious figures in recent American history. His 1952 book The Power of Positive Thinking remains a perennial bestseller and has affected the lives of a vast public in the United States and around the world. 25 years after its initial publication, God's Salesman reminds readers of the vital role that Peale played in the rethinking and restructuring of American religious life in the second half ofthe twentieth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 156mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 500g
• ISBN-13: 9780190914776
• ISBN-10: 0190914777
• Artikelnr.: 53544328

Autorenporträt

Carol V. R. George is Research Professor of History at Hobart and William Smith Colleges. She is the author of One Mississippi, Two Mississippi (OUP 2015).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
I. The Man
1. A Thoroughly Methodist Beginning, 1898-1921
2. Learning the Lessons of Liberalism, 1921-1932
3. Drawing Down the Lightning, 1932-1942
II. The Movement
4. "More Than a Magazine": The Guideposts Story
5. Positive Thinking and the Cure of the Souls
III. The Message
6. Politics: or "Ninety-Nine and Forty-Four One-Hundredths Percent" Practical Christianity, 1935-1955
7. The Demise of Tribal Politics, 1955-1985
8. The Third Disestablishment
Epilogue
Bibliography
Index