The Messenger March/April 2022

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I’m a scholar of the ‘prosperity gospel.’ It took cancer to show me I was in its grip. What happens when faith and hard work aren’t enough? By Kate Bowler

Kate Bowler is an assistant professor at Duke Divinity School, the author of Everything Happens for a Reason: And Other Lies I’ve Loved (from which this piece has been adapted),and the host of the podcast Everything Happens. Find her on Twitter @KatecBowler.

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