The Power of Positive Thinking
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The Power of Positive Thinking
Second, Peale’s theological synthesis of upward mobility with religious buoyancy matched the postwar mood, turning a man into a movement. His blend of Methodist evangelism, Dutch Reformed Calvinism, and New Thought focus on mind-power appeared in earlier works, The Art of Living (1937) and You Can Win (1938), yet as Peale’s writing progressed, New
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two influential figures whose doctrines of self-realization were more materialistic and more attractive to politicians and suburban Rotarians. Norman Vincent Peale, the author of the 1952 self-help bestseller The Power of Positive Thinking—known
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Positive thinking was simply a repackaging of earlier metaphysical mind-power, remembered for its psychological cast and emphasis on a cheerful and well-ordered mind.
from Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel by Kate Bowler