biography
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Peale, Norman Vincent
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| male
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| lived:
| (1898–1993)
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| biography:
| Protestant religious leader and writer, born in Bowersville, Ohio, USA. The son of a pastor-physician, he graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University (1920) and was ordained a Methodist Episcopal minister (1922). He held pastorates in Rhode Island and New York before beginning his long association with Marble Collegiate Reformed Church in New York City, where he was pastor (1932–84). In 1937 he established a psychiatric clinic, the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, as part of his ministry. Known in later years for a somewhat Pollyannish version of Christianity, he wrote many best-selling books, including The Art of Loving (1948), The Power of Positive Thinking (1952), and The Tough-Minded Optimist (1962), and was an influential lecturer, radio broadcaster, syndicated newspaper columnist, and host of the television programme What's Your Problem?. In 1969 he became president of the Reformed Church in America. He directed his many pastoral activities from his Foundation for Christian Living in Pawling, NY. |
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