Salvation with a Smile Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, and American Christianity / Phillip Luke Sinitiere.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sinitiere, Phillip Luke, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Osteen, Joel.

Lakewood Church (Houston, Tex.).

Lakewood Church (Houston, Tex.) / History.

Texas--Houston.

Local Subjects:

Lakewood Church (Houston, Tex.) / History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021

Place of Publication:

New York ; London New York University Press [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Salvation with a Smile situates Lakewood Church in the context of American religious history and illuminates how Joel Osteen has parlayed an understanding of American religious and political culture into vast popularity and success,"--NoveList.

Contents:

John Osteen's Pentecost : the origins of Lakewood Church

John Osteen's prosperity gospel : faith and divine healing at the Oasis of Love

Joel Osteen's prosperity gospel, part I : "We believe in new beginnings"

Joel Osteen's prosperity gospel, part II : the mind, mouth, and body becoming better

Joel Osteen's tel-e-vangelism : the message and its media

Lakewood's charismatic core : healing hurts, extending hope

The redemptive self : finding and forging faith at Lakewood Church

Joel Osteen's piety of resistance : new Calvinism and evangelicalism's crisis of authority

Appendix A. Joel Osteen, "what the Resurrection means to us as believers" (1999)

Appendix B. Joel Osteen, "Vision Sunday" (1999).

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8147-2420-5

OCLC:

922640374