Kate Bowler on faith, cancer and the prosperity gospel. Ep. 101

On this week’s episode, we talk with Kate Bowler, the author of the
New York Times bestseller Everything Happens For A Reason (And
other lies I’ve Loved). She just won a Christopher Award for the
book. (The Christopher Awards were created in 1949 to celebrate
authors, illustrators, writers, producers and directors whose work
“affirms the highest values of the human spirit.”) Kate is a
professor of Christian history at Duke Divinity School. For years,
she has taught and written about the prosperity gospel, and, in
Everything Happens For A Reason, she gives readers a personal
perspective into what this theology represents. We talk to Kate
about her memoir, what her stage-IV cancer diagnosis taught her
about American Christianity, her upcoming book on evangelical
Christian women leaders and more. In Signs of the Times, we discuss
the terrorist attacks on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka; changes to the
Roman Curia at the Vatican; Peter’s Pence and how Pope Francis
donates; affordable housing in New York City; and finally, we ask:
Should you vote for presidential candidate because of his or her
religion? Feel free to send us your questions, concerns or cocktail
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week’s episode was sponsored by the award-winning documentary,
“Hesburgh.” The film is out in select theaters nationwide today.
Visit www.hesburghfilm.com/ to learn more. Links from the
show: Churches padlocked, schools closed week after Sri Lanka
attacks Catholic bishops condemn Poway synagogue shooting Big
changes to the Vatican’s Roman Curia are coming Pope Francis
donates $500,000 to help migrants in Mexico New York archdiocese
opens new affordable housing List: Catholic presidential candidates
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