In recent years, Oprah Winfrey has made a huge impact on our culture. This book chronicles Oprah’s life with a particular focus on her quest for spiritual enlightenment. It begins with Oprah’s rough (to say the least) adolescence and it details the events in her life that have led her to a “church-free spirituality” . Mansfield explores her shift from a biblical faith rooted in the worship of God to an eastern type, meditation-driven spirituality rooted in the worship of self. She has rejected her Baptist roots and has become a champion of the Course in Miracles, a seminar in which Christianity is reinterpreted in terms of self-actualization, personal divinity, and self-empowerment. She has also become a disciple of Eckhart Tolle, the increasingly popular teacher of a form of spirituality that blends Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Christianity.
I enjoyed this book. I was intrigued by much of the material and was very impressed with the way Mansfield very tactfully and clearly draws the line between the philosophy of Oprah and that of traditional Judo-Christian beliefs. The book is very well written and researched. Mansfield was very gracious not to attack Oprah as a person, but he explicitly differentiates her beliefs from those outlined in the Word of God.
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