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Monday July 14, 2008

Oprahâ€™s unorthodox gospel comes under scrutiny

Oprahâ€™s unorthodox gospel comes under scrutiny Oprah Winfrey has become a catalyst for a new journalistic project and increasing news coverage by conservative Christians questioning and criticizing her spiritual beliefs.
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Thursday April 17, 2008

Is Oprah Starting Her Own Cult?

Oprah Winfrey may have gone too far in exploiting and distributing the teachings of a questionable New Age writer.
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Tuesday January 16, 2007

Oprah Winfrey:

Just what are Oprah Winfrey’s core beliefs?

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?
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Tuesday January 2, 2007

Oprah Winfrey:

Oprah Opens School For Girls in South Africa

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.
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Friday May 12, 2006

Oprah Winfrey:

The divine Miss 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.
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Wednesday March 8, 2006

Oprah Winfrey:

The ‘Cult of Oprah’ is not for everyone

A growing number of people, mostly young, reject the mega-celebrity's media empire
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Saturday November 19, 2005

Oprah Winfrey:

There’s no denying the power of ‘the Oprah’

In her 2000 HBO stand-up comedy special, "The Beginning," Ellen DeGeneres describes an imaginary (one presumes) meeting with God at God's house.
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Saturday October 15, 2005

Oprah Winfrey:

Oprah may be most influential of TV evangelists

The TV evangelists — remember them?
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Saturday June 21, 2003

Cafeteria Religion • Oprah Winfrey:

Oprah fans get into the spirit

Her sold-out Tampa show promises to help devotees be the best they can be.
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Monday November 11, 2002

Oprah Winfrey:

Winfrey makes $600,000 scholarship pledge

While giving the keynote speech at Cuyahoga Community Collegeâ€™s scholarship luncheon, talk show host Oprah Winfrey offered to match the $600,000 US the event was expected to raise for scholarships.
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Monday November 4, 2002

Cafeteria Religion • Oprah Winfrey:

Oprah Turns Rituals Into a ‘Religion’

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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