Kate Bowler

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Kate Bowler
Born1979/1980 (age 40–42)
London
NationalityCanadian
Spouse(s)Toban Penner (m. c. 2002)
Academic background
Alma mater
ThesisBlessed (2010)
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
Sub-disciplineHistory of Christianity
InstitutionsDuke University
Main interestsHistory of prosperity theology
Websitekatebowler.com Edit this at Wikidata

Kate Bowler (born 1979 or 1980) is a Canadian academic and writer from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] Bowler is currently an associate professor of the history of Christianity in North America at Duke Divinity School.[2] She is the author of Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel (Oxford University Press, 2013)[3] and Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I've Loved) (Random House, 2018),[4][5][6][7][8][9] which was a New York Times hardcover nonfiction best seller.[10] In her podcast, Everything Happens, she talks with others about their dark times and what they've learned.[11]

Biography[]

Bowler was born in London,[12] where her father was pursuing a PhD in History at King's College London.[13] She spent most of her childhood in Winnipeg, Manitoba and received her Bachelor of Arts at Macalester College in St Paul, Minnesota and her Master of Arts in Religion at Yale Divinity School. Her PhD completed at Duke University focuses on the history of Prosperity gospel in the United States.[14]

Raised by parents who worked in academia and with a research interest in the Father Christmas, her family had a strong tradition of celebrating Christmas.[13]

Her monograph published in 2020,The Preacher’s Wife: Women and Power in American Megaministry, was a product of the sabbatical grant for researchers from The Louisville Institute.[2]

Personal life[]

Bowler married Toban Penner, her high school classmate, in 2002. Together they had a son, Zach.[11]

In 2015, she was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer with no family history of cancer.[11] Her memoir, Everything Happens for a Reason (and Other Lies I've Loved), was published in 2018, and the book was listed as hardcover nonfiction best seller on New York Times for 5 weeks.[10]

Writings[]

  • Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel. New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. ISBN 9780190876739
  • Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I've Loved. New York: Random House, 2018. ISBN 9780399592072
  • The Preacher's Wife: The Precarious Power of Evangelical Women Celebrities. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2020. ISBN 9780691209197
  • No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need to Hear). Penguin, 2021. ISBN 9780593230787

References[]

  1. ^ "5 Questions with Kate Bowler". Mennotoba. Retrieved January 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Kate Bowler Duke Divinity Faculty Profile". Retrieved June 18, 2018.
  3. ^ Evans, Curtis, J. (October 2014). "Book Review of 'Blessed: A History of the American Prosperity Gospel'". The Journal of Religion. 94 (4): 559–561. doi:10.1086/679212.
  4. ^ Evans, Elizabeth Eisenstadt (February 19, 2018). "Kate Bowler's 'Everything Happens for a Reason': Love stands up to terror, suffering". Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  5. ^ Mahany, Barbara. "'Everything Happens for a Reason' and more reviewed in this week's spiritual book roundup". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON And Other Lies I've Loved". Kirkus Reviews. November 13, 2017. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  7. ^ Dilley, Andrea Palpant (December 21, 2017). "Kate Bowler: I Reject the Prosperity Gospel but I Still Crave What It Promises". Christianity Today. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  8. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I've Loved by Kate Bowler. Random House, $26 (208p) ISBN 978-0-399-59206-5". Publishers Weekly. December 11, 2017. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  9. ^ "What Not To Say To The Terminally Ill: 'Everything Happens For A Reason'". NPR.org. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b "New York Times Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller for the week of 4-15-2018". New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c Bowler, Kate. "Everything Happens". Everything Happens. Retrieved June 5, 2019.
  12. ^ Bowler, Kate (2018). Everything happens for a reason : and other lies I've loved. New York. ISBN 978-0-399-59206-5. OCLC 1002043568.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Bowler, Kate. "Why Christmas is Not Lent". Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  14. ^ Bowler, Kate. (2013). Blessed : a history of the American prosperity gospel. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-982770-1. OCLC 841172074.

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