Book Preview - Happy Lies: How a Movement You (Probably) Never Heard Of Shaped Our Self-Obsessed World by Melissa Dougherty
About the Author
Melissa Dougherty is a Christian Artist and Apologist best known for her YouTube channel as an ex new ager. Melissa has two Associates degrees, one in Early Childhood Multicultural Education, the other in Liberal Arts, and a Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Southern Evangelical Seminary. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Religious Studies as well. She resides with her husband of 14 years and two daughters in New Mexico where she pursues her online ministry and works as an artist.
You can learn more here.
Melissa Dougherty is a Christian Artist and Apologist best known for her YouTube channel as an ex new ager. Melissa has two Associates degrees, one in Early Childhood Multicultural Education, the other in Liberal Arts, and a Bachelor's degree in Religious Studies from Southern Evangelical Seminary. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Religious Studies as well. She resides with her husband of 14 years and two daughters in New Mexico where she pursues her online ministry and works as an artist.
You can learn more here.
About the Book
In this groundbreaking book, popular apologist Melissa Dougherty helps us understand how our society got to be so toxically subjective, why endless positivity is inherently destructive, and how we can live with faithful truth and genuine love in these self-obsessed times.
In this groundbreaking book, popular apologist Melissa Dougherty helps us understand how our society got to be so toxically subjective, why endless positivity is inherently destructive, and how we can live with faithful truth and genuine love in these self-obsessed times.
Have you ever wondered how we ended up in a world where personal feelings could become the authority for reality? Or why so many of us are on a relentless pursuit for happiness yet somehow feel more exhausted and sadder than ever? You're not alone.
Melissa deftly traces the roots of today's social chaos back to a little-known (but very influential) 1800s philosophy known as New Thought. A former follower of its teachings, Melissa provides clarity and compassion mixed with a dash of loving snark as she exposes New Thought's deceptions and its many concerning tendrils within the church and our "self-help" culture.
- You'll be shocked, grieved, and encouraged as you learn: How you can experience true freedom, hope, and peace instead of the world's counterfeits
- How an anti-God ideology so easily hijacked Christian-sounding ideas
- Why thinking positively is entirely different from the unbiblical and burdensome "positive thought" movement
- Why fake "authenticity" short-circuits real redemption
- How understanding the New Thought mindset can help us share our faith more effectively
Uncover a dangerous ideology that nearly everyone has met, yet few of us can name, in order to better understand our culture and joyfully live faithful to the gospel that is so much better than our world's Happy Lies.
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