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Norman Vincent Peale (May 31, 1898 – December 24, 1993) was an American Protestant clergyman, [1] and an author best known for popularizing the concept of positive thinking, especially through his best-selling book The Power of Positive Thinking (1952).
As a young man, Norman Vincent Peale is working in Detroit as a crime reporter for a newspaper. Saddened by the tragedies he witnesses or writes about, Peale enters a seminary. He moves to New York City, becoming a minister and writing a best-selling book, The Power of Positive Thinking, that also becomes controversial. After a considerable ...
The Power of Positive Thinking: A Practical Guide to Mastering the Problems of Everyday Living is a 1952 self-help book by American minister Norman Vincent Peale.It provides anecdotal "case histories" of positive thinking using a biblical approach, and practical instructions which were designed to help the reader achieve a permanent and optimistic attitude.
Guideposts is a spiritual non-profit organization publishing inspirational magazines, books and online material. Founded in 1945 by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, Raymond Thornburg, and Peale's wife, Ruth Stafford Peale [1] with just one inaugural magazine, Guideposts has since grown to publish annual devotionals, books about faith, Christian novels, periodicals and a website.
Norman Vincent Peale, author of The Power of Positive Thinking, served as senior minister from 1932 to 1984. [5] Under Peale's ministry Marble's influence reached national levels and it became known as "America's Hometown Church". On November 19, 1961, Lucille Ball married her second husband Gary Morton in the church. [6]
Sponsors included William Randolph Hearst (Jr.), publisher Henry Luce, aviator Eddie Rickenbacker, and Norman Vincent Peale, one of the most well-known preachers in New York. [16] John D. Rockefeller Jr. sent a check for $50,000. [17] A daily collection was taken; during the first four days, the amounts collected were: May 15 – $9,123; May 16 ...
Although she originally vowed never to marry a minister after growing up as the daughter of a minister, eventually she married Norman Vincent Peale on June 20, 1930. [3] Norman would later write The Power of Positive Thinking. [1] The two met in Syracuse. Along with her husband, Peale co-founded the Guideposts publishing organization in 1945 ...
Maria Peale (1787–1866), American painter, daughter of James Peale; Mary Jane Peale (1827–1902), American painter, daughter of Rubens and Eliza Burd Patterson Peale; Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993), American Christian preacher and author; Raphaelle Peale (1774–1825), American painter of still-life, son of Charles Willson Peale