Donald Trump, TV Preachers, and the American Prosperity Gospel

1 credits · Divinity School

This course introduces students to the major figures and features of the twentieth-century American prosperity gospel. It traces its late-nineteeth-century metaphysical roots through Black and white Pentecostalism to post-war revivals where it took shape. We consider its effect on megachurches, televangelism, and uplift traditions as it spread across racial and economic divides. New Thought, New Age, self-help, Pentecostalism, and pop religion will be considered throughout