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Includes bibliographical references and index. Oprah : the gospel of an icon / Kathryn Lofton. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data © 2011 by The Regents of the University of California For more information, visit University of California Press Its activities are supported by the UC Press Foundation and by philanthropic contributions from individuals and institutions. University of California Press, one of the most distinguished university presses in the United States, enriches lives around the world by advancing scholarship in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Cecilia Konchar Farr and Jaime Harker (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2008), 55–71. 1 (March 2008): 49–67 Reading Religiously: The Ritual Practices of Oprah's Book Club, in The Oprah Affect: Critical Essays on Oprah's Book Club, ed. 4 (August 2006): 599–621 Public Confessions: Oprah Winfrey's American Religious History, Women & Performance: A Journal of Feminist Theory 18, no. Parts of this book appeared previously in different form in the following publications and are printed here by permission of their original publishers: Practicing Oprah Or, The Prescriptive Compulsion of a Spiritual Capitalism, Journal of Popular Culture 39, no. Hilles Publication Fund of Yale University. This book was published with the assistance of the Frederick W.