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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, and host of the podcast Everything Happens. Twitter: @KatecBowler

Latest articles by Kate Bowler

Politics
I’m a scholar of the “prosperity gospel.” It took cancer to show me I was in its grip.I’m a scholar of the “prosperity gospel.” It took cancer to show me I was in its grip.
Politics

What happens when faith and hard work aren’t enough?

By Kate Bowler