Nr. 99 in Biografie & memoires
Everything Happens for a Reason
- NYT-bestseller · 5 weken op de lijst, hoogste notering nr. 5
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Over het boek
Kate Bowler is a professor at Duke Divinity School with a modest Christian upbringing, but she specializes in the study of the prosperity gospel, a creed that sees fortune as a blessing from God and misfortune as a mark of God's disapproval. At thirty-five, everything in her life seems to point toward "blessing." She is thriving in her job, married to her high school sweetheart, and loves life with her newborn son. Then she is diagnosed with stage IV colon cancer. The prospect of her own mortality forces Kate to realize that she has been tacitly subscribing to the prosperity gospel, living with the conviction that she can control the shape of her life with "a surge of determination." Even as this type of Christianity celebrates the American can-do spirit, it implies that if you "can't do" and succumb to illness or misfortune, you are a failure. Kate is very sick, and no amount of positive thinking will shrink her tumors. What does it mean to die, she wonders, in a society that insists everything happens for a reason? Kate is stripped of this certainty only to discover that without it, life is hard but beautiful in a way it never has been before. Frank and funny, dark and wise, Kate Bowler pulls the reader deeply into her life in an account she populates affectionately with a colorful, often hilarious retinue of friends, mega-church preachers, relatives, and doctors.
Waar de score vandaan komt
De bronnen komen gemiddeld uit op 7,2 over 64 beoordelingen — nog niet veel, dus de stem van de lezers weegt voor 30% mee en de rest trekt richting het Biografie & memoires-gemiddelde van 8,1. Zo komt 7,8 tot stand.
| Bron | Gemiddelde | Beoordelingen | Gewicht |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 7,2 | 64 | 100% |
In dit boek
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Als dit je beviel
Dezelfde plank — Biografie & memoires — met scores tussen 7,8 en 7,9, het dichtst bij dit boek.
