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Melissa Dougherty interviews Dr. Robert Bowman Jr. about the origins and influences of the Word of Faith movement.

Where did the Word of Faith movement (and its teachings) come from? I sit down with Dr. Robert Bowman Jr., whose book on the Word of Faith movement helped shape my own research for my chapter on the New Thought teachings infused in the Word of Faith movement. We discuss the tangled origins, its early teachers, and the controversial connection between E.W. Kenyon and Kenneth Hagin. I ask him about the influence of New Thought, particularly in areas like positive confession, prosperity, divine ...

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Host: Melissa Dougherty

Guest: Dr. Robert Bowman Jr.

Topics covered

• Word of Faith movement
• New Thought teachings
• positive confession
• prosperity
• early teachers
• controversial origins

Keywords

• Word of Faith
• New Thought
• E.W. Kenyon
• Kenneth Hagin
• prosperity gospel
• positive confession
• religious movements

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