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About Oprah: The Gospel Of An Icon
Product Description “Today on Oprah,” intoned the TV announcer, and all over America viewers tuned in to learn, empathize, and celebrate. In this book, Kathryn Lofton investigates the Oprah phenomenon and finds in Winfrey’s empire―Harpo Productions, O Magazine, and her new television network―an uncanny reflection of religion in modern society. Lofton shows that when Oprah liked, needed, or believed something, she offered her audience nothing less than spiritual revolution, reinforced by practices that fuse consumer behavior, celebrity ambition, and religious idiom. In short, Oprah Winfrey is a media messiah for a secular age. Lofton’s unique approach also situates the Oprah enterprise culturally, illuminating how Winfrey reflects and continues historical patterns of American religions. Review “A fascinating study of the modern-day deity’s 25 years as the world’s most beloved BFF, exhaustively researched and elegantly considered. Buy it for the smartest Oprah fan you know.” , Madison Published On: 2011-09-01 “A fascinating new perspective on a media icon.” -- Vanessa Bush, Booklist Published On: 2011-03-01 “Budding and active scholars of cultural, popular, and religious studies will read with interest.” -- Jewell Anderson, Library Journal Published On: 2011-03-15 “If you read it [Oprah], you won't think about the connection between religion and consumer culture the same way again.” -- Thomas S. Kidd, Patheos Published On: 2011-03-09 “A unique analysis of the talk queen’s multimedia empire.” -- Shirley Bolden, B.l.a.c. Published On: 2011-03-01 “Makes a powerful case for viewing Oprah as a significant moment in religious culture.” -- Milo Yiannopoulos, Catholic Herald Published On: 2011-04-20 “Tantalizing.” -- Amy Frykholm, Christian Century Published On: 2011-06-28 “[Lofton’s] authorial voice is, by turns, instructing, funny, ironic, snide, brilliantly analytical, undeniably astute . . . and feisty.” -- Mary Farrell Bednarowski, Feminist Collections Published On: 2013-02-20 “Lofton’s careful and engaging work is sure to warrant responses. How wonderful that this book is the one to set the stage.” -- Jennifer Scanlon, Journal Of American History Published On: 2011-12-01 "Compelling and insightful. . . . [A] thorough and fascinating work that significantly aids our understanding of religion and spirituality in postwar America." -- Lerone Martin, American Studies Journal Published On: 2013-06-01 From the Inside Flap "Better than celebrity biographer Kitty Kelley, Kathryn Lofton exposes Oprah's secretthe religious resonance of her persona in popular culture. Brilliantly orchestrated, full of ah-ha and light-bulb moments, Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon takes us into the mediated spirituality, collective rituals, and everyday epiphanies of being Oprah and being in Oprah's world. If you are looking for sensationalism and scandal, read this book and find a sensational, substantial, and insightful analysis of religion and American popular culture."David Chidester, author of Authentic Fakes: Religion and American Popular Culture Lofton manages a rare feat. This book shakes and awakens our minds, compelling us to interpret and make sense of a multifaceted woman who has become a consumer and cultural phenomenon unprecedented in American and world history.--Eva Illouz, author of Oprah Winfrey and the Glamour of Misery: An Essay on Popular Culture "Lofton's Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon defies categorization, offering a brilliantly creative way to explore what religion is and where we look to find it. It's all herefashion, celebrity, media, glamour, and spirituality, an analysis of the world that produced Oprah as well as the world that Oprah produces."J. Terry Todd, Director, Center on Religion, Culture & Conflict, Drew University "Lofton brilliantly analyzes the Oprah phenomenon in religio-historical context. Oprah: The Gospel of an Icon provides a new way of understanding how Oprah op
