Peale, Norman Vincent

Peale, Norman Vincent
born May 31, 1898, Bowersville, Ohio, U.S.
died Dec. 24, 1993, Pawling, N.Y.

U.S. Protestant clergyman.

The son of a Methodist preacher, he attended Ohio Wesleyan University and was ordained a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal church. After leading congregations in Brooklyn and Syracuse, N.Y., in 1933 he became pastor of Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, where he remained for the rest of his career. In 1937 he cofounded the Religio-Psychiatric Clinic, which combined religion and psychiatry in the interests of mental health. He gained fame through radio and television sermons and through his books, including the best-selling Power of Positive Thinking (1952). In 1969 he was elected president of the Reformed Church in America.

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      U.S. religious leader (b. May 31, 1898, Bowersville, Ohio—d. Dec. 24, 1993, Pawling, N.Y.), was an influential and inspirational clergyman who, after World War II, tried to instill a spiritual renewal in the U.S. with his sermons, broadcasts, newspaper columns, and books; he encouraged millions with his 1952 best-seller, The Power of Positive Thinking, a classic that ranked (behind the Bible) as one of the highest-selling spiritual books in history. Peale was attracted to the ministry by his father, a Methodist preacher who advised his son "that the way to the human heart is through simplicity." Later some criticized Peale for oversimplifying Christianity in his uplifting sermons and avoiding deeper confrontations with sin and guilt. Peale, who graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University, was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1922 and continued theological studies at Boston University, where he earned bachelor of sacred theology and master of arts in social ethics degrees in 1924. That year he was assigned to a small congregation in Brooklyn, N.Y., and during his three-year tenure there he built a new church and increased membership from 40 to 900. In 1927 Peale moved to the University Methodist Church in Syracuse, N.Y., and joined a select few who preached on their own radio program. Five years later Peale changed his denominational affiliation to the Dutch Reformed Church in order to accept the pastorate at the Marble Collegiate Church in New York City. His dynamic sermons helped increase church membership, and they were televised during the 1950s. In answer to the many problems facing his congregation, Peale also established a clinic and enlisted the aid of a psychiatrist to help handle parishioners' complex psychological problems. In 1951 that operation was organized as a nonprofit American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, with Peale acting as president. After World War II Peale published and served as editor of a weekly four-page spiritual leaflet for businessmen called Guideposts, which during the 1950s appeared as a monthly magazine with some two million subscribers. Peale and his wife also appeared (1952-68) on the television program "What's Your Trouble?" Among Peale's other publications are The Art of Living (1937), You Can Win (1938), A Guide for Confident Living (1948), and This Incredible Century (1991). He retired as senior pastor in 1984.

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