The Prosperity Gospel

Author: Thomas Storck

In this book, Thomas Storck takes the current popularity of the ‘Prosperity Gospel’ among evangelical Protestants as an occasion for a wide-ranging reflection on the Church’s traditional teachings regarding wealth and commerce. Drawing on thinkers ranging from Thomas Aquinas to Christopher Dawson, from G. K. Chesterton to Saint John Paul II, Storck shows how the traditional Catholic condemnation of the pursuit of wealth for its own sake stands at odds with an American Protestant tradition that equates riches with divine favor.

More provocatively, Storck challenges Catholics themselves to consider how they have succumbed to the Prosperity Gospel under the guise of support for unrestrained free markets and ‘democratic capitalism.’ A timely book on a topic too often ignored or evaded by otherwise faithful Catholics.