{"product_id":"the-history-of-new-thought-from-mind-cure-to-positive-thinking-and-the-prosperity-gospel-9780877853480","title":"The History of New Thought: From Mind Cure to Positive Thinking and the Prosperity Gospel","description":"\u003cp\u003e Long before \u003ci\u003eThe Secret\u003c\/i\u003e, writers and healers in the New Thought movement argued that the mind shapes reality. In this clear, wide-ranging history, John S. Haller Jr. traces New Thought from its nineteenth-century roots--Phineas P. Quimby, Emma Curtis Hopkins, and others--through William Walker Atkinson, an early popularizer of the \"law of attraction,\" to its imprint on modern self-help and popular psychology. \u003c\/p\u003e Rather than centering on denominations, Haller follows people, practices, and ideas: mental healing, affirmations, prosperity teachings, and the movement's dialogue with science and religion (including the influence of the Swedish scientist, mystic and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg). He shows how New Thought migrated from lectures and magazines into boardrooms, pulpits, and bestsellers, shaping a durable American optimism: the conviction that thought can transform life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe History of New Thought\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in American religious history, psychology, or the roots of contemporary self-help.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Swedenborg Foundation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780877853480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/08\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John S. Haller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52873217081525,"sku":"9780877853480","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-history-of-new-thought-from-mind-cure-to-positive-thinking-and-the-prosperity-gospel-9780877853480","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}