Oprah Winfrey
Friday October 23, 2009
James Arthur Ray • Oprah Winfrey:
On one level, 51-year-old James Arthur Ray—who, the year after his life-altering television appearance authored the runaway bestseller Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want, and these days is involved in a homicide investigation—is just another Oprah guest gone bad. On another level, he is a wakeup call for anyone who would dismiss all New Age dabbling as merely risk-free recreation, like incense and crystals.
Monday July 14, 2008
Cafeteria Religion • Oprah Winfrey:
Oprah’s unorthodox gospel comes under scrutinyOprah Winfrey has become a catalyst for a new journalistic project and increasing news coverage by conservative Christians questioning and criticizing her spiritual beliefs.Thursday April 17, 2008
Eckhart Tolle • Oprah Winfrey: Oprah Winfrey may have gone too far in exploiting and distributing the teachings of a questionable New Age writer.
Tuesday January 16, 2007
Oprah Winfrey: Winfrey has become a billionaire and one of world’s most powerful women by baring her soul and urging millions of others to follow her example, resulting in what some critics call the Oprahfication of America. However, it’s almost impossible to answer this simple question: What does Oprah believe?
Tuesday January 2, 2007
Oprah Winfrey: The $40 million academy aims to give 152 girls from deprived backgrounds a quality education in a country where schools are struggling to overcome the legacy of apartheid.
Friday May 12, 2006
Oprah Winfrey: After two decades of searching for her authentic self -- exploring New Age theories, giving away cars, trotting out fat, recommending good books and tackling countless issues from serious to frivolous -- Oprah Winfrey has risen to a new level of guru.
Wednesday March 8, 2006
Oprah Winfrey: A growing number of people, mostly young, reject the mega-celebrity's media empire
Saturday November 19, 2005
Oprah Winfrey: In her 2000 HBO stand-up comedy special, "The Beginning," Ellen DeGeneres describes an imaginary (one presumes) meeting with God at God's house.
Saturday October 15, 2005
Oprah Winfrey: The TV evangelists -- remember them?
Saturday June 21, 2003
Cafeteria Religion • Oprah Winfrey: Her sold-out Tampa show promises to help devotees be the best they can be.
Monday November 11, 2002
Oprah Winfrey: While giving the keynote speech at Cuyahoga Community College’s scholarship luncheon, talk show host Oprah Winfrey offered to match the $600,000 US the event was expected to raise for scholarships.
Monday November 4, 2002
Cafeteria Religion • Oprah Winfrey: The most common rituals in the religion of Oprah are reading, writing and buying, said Lofton, who teaches at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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