Salvation with a Smile Breanna Mohr Explores the power of faith

Explores the power of faith to drive resistance to anti-immigration policies in the United States

Tracing the US’s investment in disciplining minoritarian sexualities since the late nineteenth century

as if morality were a mold into which the diverse matter of human society and culture could be pressed

blurring the carefully-marked lines of race

Section A provides an overview of macro spatial trends and the policies that have influenced them

Salvation with a Smile Breanna Mohr Explores the power of faithJoel Osteen, the smiling preacher, has quickly emerged as one of the most recognizable Protestant leaders in the country. His megachurch, the Houston based Lakewood Church, hosts an average of over 40,000 worshipers each week. Osteen is the best selling author of numerous books, and his sermons and inspirational talks appear regularly on mainstream cable and satellite radio. How did Joel Osteen become Joel Osteen? How did Lakewood become the largest