The Power of Positive Thinking
Indicting Trump’s gospel of truth
By Mark Silk — August 2, 2023
(RNS) — It's at the crux of his latest indictment.
Donald Trump’s twisted interpretation of ‘The Power of Positive Thinking’ is killing Americans
By Jana Riess — September 18, 2020
Norman Vincent Peale's classic hasn’t aged particularly well, but it deserves to be remembered more fondly than Trump’s denial of reality ensures it will be.
In ‘The Secret: Dare to Dream,’ the law of attraction plays a starring role
By Kathryn Post — August 5, 2020
(RNS) — ‘The Secret: Dare to Dream,’ a film based on the bestselling book ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne, was released on July 31 and features a star-studded cast alongside an inspirational dose of spiritualism.
The president, the pandemic and the limits of positive thinking
By Mark Mulder and Gerardo Martí — March 30, 2020
(RNS) — With his false claims and dismissive tweets about COVID-19, President Trump does not (merely) misrepresent reality; he engages positive thinking in hopes of changing it.
It’s Norman Vincent Peale’s America
By Stephen Mansfield — April 8, 2019
(RNS) — His vision is echoed in the mystical certainties of figures like Oprah Winfrey. Even the Trump presidency is confirmation that our country is now Peale’s America.
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