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Describes a growing religious movement that combines optimism with success-centered promises of wealth, power, health, and honor. Summarizes teachings associated with Norman Vincent Peale and Robert H. 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It appears that many people do not feel good about themselves or about life in general. They do not like what they are doing or where they are going. An increasing number of juveniles, unable to cope with life's situations and society's demands, are taking the way of suicide.  \nIn the book, Five Cries of Youth, by Merton P. Strommen,1 it is stated that one out of every five young people suffers from a terrible lack of self-esteem. Many youth apparently have a bad selfimage, do not feel good about themselves, and consider themselves to be quite unattractive or worthless. Many youth feel lonely and misunderstood, and this leads to a sense of isolation, often within their own families. I am afraid that what is true of the youth, is true of many older people as well.  \nIt would seem, then, that there is a great need for \"positive thinking.\" Do young people not need tobe told that they should not dwell on the negative aspects of life, but should be more optimistic and have a better view of themselves? After all, life is not as bad as we often think, and life is only what we make of it!  \nPeale and Schuller  \nWe should be aware of the fact that there is a large and growing religious movement that is built up around the idea of \"positive thinking.\" It is a movement that has not only religious ramifications but also economic and political meaning. It is a movement which has been called by some \"a new reformation. \"2 It is a movement which stresses that we can turn into reality whatever we truly want: success, power, wealth, and honor. There are no limits, really, for \"the impossible dream \"3 will come true if only we have faith.  \nThere are some very prominent people who are preaching this Gospel of success through \"positive thinking.\" Already in 1952, Norman Vincent Peale published his now famous book, The Power of Positive Thinking,4 in which he promised that if one carefully reads his book and applies the techniques suggested in it, \"you can experience an amazing improvement within yourself ... you will become a more popular, esteemed and well-liked individual ... you may attain a degree of health not hitherto known by you... \" The principles and techniques which Peale puts forward arepresented as being tested and proven, \"scientific yet simple principles\" which are also at the sametime \"applied Christianity. \" Christian and scientific—it seems an unbeatable combination!  \nThis movement has since then never died. Not only did Peale's book become \"the greatest inspirational bestseller of our time\" (as the cover of the 1985 pocketbook edition claims), but scores of other books like it have been published since. A very prominent author in this respect is television evangelist Robert H. Schuller, who speaks about \"possibility thinking\" and whose ties to Norman Vincent Peale are quite obvious. It is especially Schuller who has in our time put forward\"the theology of self-esteem\" or self-love.5 Schuller, too, promises that the reading of his book will positively change the lives of the readers.  \nThe publisher's market has now become deluged with a flood of religious self-help books which preach success through positive thinking or mind cures. The following titles are just a sampling: Love Yourself, You Can Learn To Like Yourself, You're Better Than You Think, Building a Child's Self-Esteem, Your Better Self, You're Someone Special. The list of books may be endless, but the  \nmessage is basically the same: you can change your life by discovering your own worth, by raising your self-esteem, and by thinking positively about yourself, your aims and your future. You can bring about whatever you want, if only you want it badly enough and will sacrifice and work for it.  \nThere is even the clear statement that this is God's will and Christ's teaching for our lives. God wants us to feel good","cbCains4LrWcSbWo","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCains4LrWcSbWo","pdf",171329,"English","# The REAL Power of Positive Thinking\n## The religion of success\n## Peale and Schuller\n## History","[{\"question\":\"What problems in society does the text link to the need for positive thinking?\",\"answer\":\"It describes widespread negativism and “doom-thinking,” including low self-esteem and poor self-image among many people, and it notes that some youths unable to cope may turn to suicide.\"},{\"question\":\"Which figures and ideas are presented as major proponents of success-through-positive-thinking?\",\"answer\":\"Norman Vincent Peale and Robert H. 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