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The Political Strategist’s Conversion that Led to Ron Paul’s New Faithiness

…President Bushes’ evangelical outreach strategy. The development signals a new approach by Paul, who, despite being a favorite of homeschoolers, a student of Christian Reconstructionist economics, and a committed foe of legal abortion, has never really played the religion card like a good, lock-step Republican. But recently he brought on Doug Wead as a senior advisor to his campaign. Wead told me that he encouraged Paul to dust off a 2007 “Stateme…

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First U.S. Visit of the Virgin Mary Confirmed in Wisconsin

…teady stream of beliefs that arise around the world. Since the creation of new criteria for Marian apparitions in 1978, hundreds of sightings have been studied, and at least 12 were formally approved as of 2008—according to most numbers (although even a simple count of “official” sites is hard to obtain), Our Lady of Good Help is the 13th. Pope Benedict XVI recently called for more moderation in approving such sites, but any new regulations did no…

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A New, Softer Prosperity Gospel Still Can’t Deliver On Its Promises of Health and Wealth

…your socioeconomic status. Bowler considers Joel Osteen an example of this new, softer prosperity gospel. Prosperity preachers began to refashion their ministers into sleeker, more inclusive forms in the early 1990s. More than a decade removed from the scandals wrought by the prosperity stars of the 70s, the movement now had people from all walks of life, talking in ways that a broader audience could relate to. Bowler writes that “the movement had…

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