![]() ![]() That might explain why some people think it’s appropriate for government to reward those tagged by the gospel as righteous at the expense of those considered negligent. Bowler told me in a recent email that “there are deep resonances between neoliberal ideologies, Republicanism, and the prosperity gospel." “Put simply, the prosperity gospel is the belief that God grants health and wealth to those with the right kind of faith,” Kate Bowler, an assistant professor at Duke Divinity School and the author of “Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel,” wrote in a New York Times op-ed. ![]() Or because they bought into the wrong spiritual brand. “Adherents to the Prosperity Gospel believe that wealth is a sign of God’s blessing and the poor are poor because of a lack of faith,” wrote Bradley A. ![]()
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