http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23900/did-christianity-prosperity-gospelcause-the-crash http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23900/did-christianity-prosperity-gospelcause-the-crash#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:40:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23900 America’s mainstream religious denominations used to teach the faithful that they would be rewarded in the afterlife. But over the past generation, a different strain of Christian faith has proliferated—one that promises to make believers rich in the here and now.

Known as the prosperity gospel, and claiming tens of millions of adherents, it fosters risk-taking and intense material optimism. It pumped air into the housing bubble. And one year into the worst downturn since the Depression, it’s still going strong.

• In the same issue of The Atlantic: Lead us not into debt: Finance guru Dave Ramsey wins followers with a simple message: find God and lose your credit cards.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23900/did-christianity-prosperity-gospelcause-the-crash/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23557/kenneth-copeland-prosperity-teaching http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23557/kenneth-copeland-prosperity-teaching#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 09:13:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23557 Even in an economic downturn, preachers in the “prosperity gospel” movement are drawing sizable, adoring audiences.

Their message — that if you have sufficient faith in God and the Bible and donate generously, God will multiply your offerings a hundredfold — is reassuring to many in hard times.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23557/kenneth-copeland-prosperity-teaching/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22642/prosperity-gospel-6 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22642/prosperity-gospel-6#comments Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:39:09 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22642 Has the so-called Prosperity gospel turned its followers into some of the most willing participants — and hence, victims — of the current financial crisis?

While researching a book on black televangelism, says Jonathan Walton, a religion professor at the University of California at Riverside, he realized that Prosperity's central promise — that God will "make a way" for poor people to enjoy the better things in life — had developed an additional, dangerous expression during the subprime-lending boom. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22642/prosperity-gospel-6/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22238/benny-hinn-prosperity-gospel-scam http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22238/benny-hinn-prosperity-gospel-scam#comments Mon, 01 Sep 2008 15:57:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22238 Benny Hinn preaches a version of the prosperity gospel, which holds that God wants his followers to have financial wealth. To become prosperous, one must give money to God, who returns it multiplied.

If this scam worked as advertised, Benny Hinn and others like him would be giving you money...]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22238/benny-hinn-prosperity-gospel-scam/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21574/kenneth-copeland-money http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21574/kenneth-copeland-money#comments Tue, 03 Jun 2008 09:04:24 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21574 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21574/kenneth-copeland-money/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21383/prosperity-gospel-televangelists http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21383/prosperity-gospel-televangelists#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 09:21:18 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21383 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21383/prosperity-gospel-televangelists/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21079/prosperity-gospel-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21079/prosperity-gospel-5#comments Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:52:55 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21079/prosperity-gospel-5 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21079/prosperity-gospel-5/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20230/prosperity-gospel-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20230/prosperity-gospel-4#comments Fri, 28 Dec 2007 14:09:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20230/prosperity-gospel-4 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20230/prosperity-gospel-4/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19837/televangelists-3 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19837/televangelists-3#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:10:22 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19837/televangelists-3 [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19837/televangelists-3/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19614/false-pastors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19614/false-pastors#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2007 09:43:01 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19614/false-pastors http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19614/false-pastors/feed 0