Wednesday 23 January 2013
Thursday 22 December 2011
Book Review: Where Has Oprah Taken Us?
Stephen Mansfield's begins with a short biography of Oprah's life. He describes her childhood, teenage years, and rise to fame. He explores her adolescence, where the major changes in her religous beliefs occurred.
Mansfield then changes topic to the religious history and beliefs of America over the last 60 years. He describes and explains the changes in the baby boomer generation, the introduction of Satanism, and the changes in Eastern religions.
Oprah's spiritual mentors and teachers are the main topic of the next chapter. Oprah still is not outlined in her beliefs. Oprah AND her mentors are further explored, ie. Oprah, Eckart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Gary Zukav, and Marianne Williamson.
With the last section of the book, Stephen Mansfield outlines and decides on Oprah's main spiritual beliefs, quoting and taking from her statements. A unreasonable, generally unbiased conclusion is drawn.
Overall, I think this book was well written, and not biased, so a good, informative biography/review on her life and beliefs. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good biography.
I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255.
(I saw this on other reviews I read, and figured I must need to add it ;) )
Mansfield then changes topic to the religious history and beliefs of America over the last 60 years. He describes and explains the changes in the baby boomer generation, the introduction of Satanism, and the changes in Eastern religions.
Oprah's spiritual mentors and teachers are the main topic of the next chapter. Oprah still is not outlined in her beliefs. Oprah AND her mentors are further explored, ie. Oprah, Eckart Tolle, Deepak Chopra, Gary Zukav, and Marianne Williamson.
With the last section of the book, Stephen Mansfield outlines and decides on Oprah's main spiritual beliefs, quoting and taking from her statements. A unreasonable, generally unbiased conclusion is drawn.
Overall, I think this book was well written, and not biased, so a good, informative biography/review on her life and beliefs. I recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good biography.
I received this book free from the publisher through the BookSneeze®.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255.
(I saw this on other reviews I read, and figured I must need to add it ;) )
Thursday 3 November 2011
The beginning of the Bookman
Hi everyone out there.
This is my new book review blog. For most teenage fiction and fantasy books, you can come here to check em out.
Enjoy,
The Bookman.
This is my new book review blog. For most teenage fiction and fantasy books, you can come here to check em out.
Enjoy,
The Bookman.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)