Kate Bowler (1) (1980–)
Autor/a de Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved
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Sobre l'autor
Kate Bowler is a historian and author, born 1980 and based in North Carolina. She is an assistant professor of the history of Christianity in North America. Her debut book was Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (2013). Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The New mostra'n més Republic, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, The Atlantic, The Economist, The Washington Post, NPR, and the BBC. In 2015, She was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer at age 35. This led to her second book, Everything Happens for a Reason (and other lies I've loved) (2018). (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Obres de Kate Bowler
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1980
- Gènere
- female
- País (per posar en el mapa)
- Canada
- Lloc de naixement
- London, UK
- Educació
- Duke University
Yale Divinity School
Macalester College - Professions
- historian
professor - Organitzacions
- Duke University (Divinity School)
Membres
Ressenyes
No Cure for Being Human: (And Other Truths I Need to… de Kate Bowler
I requested this from the library because someone recommended it but I don't really do self-help books. If I were going to, this is the sort of self-help book I would read because the entire premise seems to be that self-help is nonsense and (spoiler!) there is no cure for being human. I mostly skim read it but it's fairly well-written and structured so I would absolutely recommend this to people determined to read this sort of thing.
This is a wonderful, truthful and funny memoir about a very hard time in the author's life. For me, I got to reflect upon my own beliefs about my spirituality, my views on other religions, and just about humanity in general as I read and explored the world through the author's eyes. It was a little unorganized and skipped or didn't fully stay on one linear line in the paragraphs and/or passages, otherwise it was beautifully written.
This book was so comforting! Amidst all the pressure to have a picture-perfect life, this book gave me permission to just be and to know that it's enough. What a lovely message!
The prefect spring break read. I turned the last page on Good Friday. Talk about timing.
In the way that the Friday of holy week is called good, Kate Fowler's story is good: difficult, personal, painful, surprising, uncomfortable, how-could-this-happen, is-this-the-end kind of good. Honest and raw in relating the frustration, sadness, hold on to hope, some people should just shut up reality of a terminal diagnosis and clinical trial treatments, Kate also examines some of the beliefs she unwittingly picked up from her years of studying prosperity gospel congregations for her dissertation.
Her voice is still in my head as I sort out the realization that I too have swallowed some of the juju of the prosperity gospel: you will reap what you sew. And if you harvest illness, pain, confusion...well, you must have done something wrong, sweetie. If you do it right, you'll be victorious, healthy, successful! Sorrow will not come your way.
But Kate is clear—life doesn't work that way.
Life is a privilege, not a reward.
Listen to Kate talk about her work here. … (més)
In the way that the Friday of holy week is called good, Kate Fowler's story is good: difficult, personal, painful, surprising, uncomfortable, how-could-this-happen, is-this-the-end kind of good. Honest and raw in relating the frustration, sadness, hold on to hope, some people should just shut up reality of a terminal diagnosis and clinical trial treatments, Kate also examines some of the beliefs she unwittingly picked up from her years of studying prosperity gospel congregations for her dissertation.
Her voice is still in my head as I sort out the realization that I too have swallowed some of the juju of the prosperity gospel: you will reap what you sew. And if you harvest illness, pain, confusion...well, you must have done something wrong, sweetie. If you do it right, you'll be victorious, healthy, successful! Sorrow will not come your way.
But Kate is clear—life doesn't work that way.
Life is a privilege, not a reward.
Listen to Kate talk about her work here. … (més)
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- Obres
- 5
- Membres
- 1,547
- Popularitat
- #16,646
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 55
- ISBN
- 41
- Llengües
- 1
- Preferit
- 1
- Pedres de toc
- 6
