Prosperity theology, the engine that powers the health and wealth gospel across the globe, is nothing new in India, at least not in some prosperous pockets of states such as Kerala. However, time and ...

Has the so-called Prosperity gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis? That’s what a scholar of the fast-growing ...

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The Bible, Christianity's principal sacred text, contains four gospels — Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John — written several decades after the death of Jesus Christ. There are also a handful of gnostic ...

Trump’s November victory has generated renewed interest in the prosperity gospel Emphasizes the power of a motivated spiritual life to gain wealth and influence. Often this is done through donating to ...

Pope Francis has blasted employers who do not provide healthcare as bloodsucking leeches and he also took aim at the popular “theology of prosperity” in a pointed sermon on the dangers of wealth on ...

Observers take wait-and-see approach to televangelist “correcting” his prosperity gospel theology. Benny Hinn says he is done with the prosperity gospel. But longtime observers are not ready to take ...

Prosperity theology, also known as prosperity gospel, adheres to the belief that God rewards faith with money and material things. In short, when you tithe, God will return that money to you in larger ...

Parishioners of the Lakewood Church led by Pastor Joel Osteen pray together during a service at the church. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Osteen is arguably one of the wealthiest preachers in America and ...

Last month, my colleagues and I were moved by a beautiful and tragic New York Times editorial by Kate Bowler, a religion professor from Duke Divinity School who was recently diagnosed with stage 4 ...

The message flickered into Cindy Fleenor's living room each night: Be faithful in how you live and how you give, the television preachers said, and God will shower you with material riches. And so the ...

Benny Hinn says he’s repented of the prosperity gospel. But does he mean it? As a health and wealth preacher, Hinn has found himself in the company of Joel Osteen and Kenneth Copeland, whose ...