Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, American Preacher and Author

Posted by Tel Asiado May 31, 2009

Great Thinkers Birthday Celebrant: May 22

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993), best-known for his bestselling book, The Power of Positive Thinking, was an American Christian Reformed pastor and writer.

He was born on May 22, 1898 in Bowersville, Ohio and educated at Ohio Wesleyan University and Boston Univerisity.

Dr. Peale was a Methodist Episcopal minister in 1922, and held three pastorates before he began his long ministry at Marble Collegiate Reformed Church in New York City, from 1932 to 1984.

He established a psychiatric clinic called the American Foundation of Religion and Psychiatry, next door to his church. He was also a popular lecturer on public affairs.

Books by Dr. Peale:

• The Power of Positive Thinking, 1952
• The Tough-Minded Optimist, 1962
• Jesus of Nazareth, 1966
• Power of the Positive Factor