However, its narrative style was absolutely jarring and so hard to follow. “What would it mean for Christians to give up that little piece of the American Dream that says, "You are limitless"? I would like to know how is it like? Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Life is so beautiful. I expected more from a theology professor. It's the story of how she's dealing with the diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer. I found it rambling, jumpy and hard to read. Every cancer memoir or article that is published is going to influence people’s view about our illness, mortality, etc. Kate Bowler is an assistant professor of the history of Christianity in North America at Duke Divinity School. 1) The author, who is a professor of divinity, did not talk about Jesus, faith, salvation, Scripture, or heaven and 2) the author stayed pretty surfacey and vague throughout the book. Her writing is naked, elegant, and gripping—she’s like a Christian Joan Didion. A beautiful book on faith in the absence of certainty, and also about love and community and how not to be a d**k when someone you love is experiencing tragedy and grief. Kate Bowler is a beautiful person. This was much more a religious book than a cancer memoir. In the end, was she still a televangelist and believed in the prosperity gospel? So i would like to ask anyone of you who has done read this book. If you’re expecting the latter you’ll likely be disappointed. I read most of this book through tears. A portion of this book was striking in its special way of describing mundane aspects of life and how meaningful they are when you’ve got a terminal illness. But 2 stars it is. She calls on her mennonite upbringing. It’s remarkable to me that someone who had a terminal illness could be so disparaging, dismissive, and disrespectful of medical providers and nurses. Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel. This book is all I can think about right now—the mix of scholarship and faith and personal trauma. I don’t have to feel bad for this woman (although, I do), but I do feel like I can judge in a more non-biased view given my own Stage IV diagnosis. I feel like I get to be honest here. I expected more from a theology professor. I was sure I must be missing something. The file will be sent to your email address. I share so many friends in common with her and so it seems close. The mighty kingdom of God is not yet here. Can you copy/paste it somewhere? Then finally a successful operation. I was hoping for a bit more reflection or insight on the topic of prosperity gospel, but I felt all it had to offer were snippy and oftentimes judgy comments not limited to prosperity gospel or limited to ideas in general. I found it rambling, jumpy and hard to read. . The book is not long, and sheds light on an interesting sect of Christianity in America. I expected to hear that she replaced her misguided and superficial views with something more substantial but, unfortunately, I didn’t see any of that in her memoir. This is definitely a book I would keep on my shelf and read again. It had none of the depth and. At thirty-five years old, Kate Bowler returns home from the doctor one day with a Stage IV cancer diagnosis. It combines two of my niche interests: medical (especially cancer) memoirs, and the prosperity gospel, a dubious theology I grew up with in the Pentecostal church my parents still attend in America. Think of all the articles and books that tell us what to eat, how much exercise to get, what to invest our money in, etc, etc to live a long and healthy life. I left Kate’s story feeling more present, more grateful, and a hell of a … She talks about her disillusionment with the prosperity gospel and it’s tenets that life will be fair as long as you are faithful to God and how she no longer believes this to be.

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