Michael Bernard Beckwith is a
New Thought
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...
minister, author, and founder and spiritual director of the
Agape International Spiritual Center in
Beverly Hills, California
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.
Career

Beckwith is the founder and spiritual director of the
Agape International Spiritual Center, a
transdenominational community founded in 1986. Agape’s local community outreach programs feed people experiencing homelessness, serve incarcerated individuals, partner with community service organizations active in children’s schools and youth homes, support the arts, and advocate for the preservation of our planet’s environmental resources.
He is also co-founder of the
Association for Global New Thought
The Association for Global New Thought (AGNT) is an organization of ministers, lay people, heads of other New Thought organizations, and people of all faiths dedicated to "conscious co-creation". Its New Thought
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and co-chair of the
Season for Nonviolence, along with
Arun Gandhi.
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Books
Beckwith is the author of several books, including ''Spiritual Liberation'', which won the Gold Medal Nautilus Book Award in 2009, ''Forty Day Mind Fast Soul Feast'', ''A Manifesto of Peace'', and ''TranscenDance Expanded'', a book and collection of remixed lectures set to
electronic dance music by
Stephen Bray
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and John Potoker. In 2018, His seminal book, ''Life Visioning'', was listed as one of "15 Books to Help Solve 15 Life Problems" on Oprah.com.
His 2009 PBS Special, ''The Answer Is You,'' was the impetus for his book of the same name.
Popular culture
Beckwith was also one of the featured teachers in the 2006 documentary ''
The Secret'' and the bestselling book by the same name that followed the film.
See also
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History of New Thought
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New Thought
The New Thought movement (also Higher Thought) is a spiritual movement that coalesced in the United States in the early 19th century. New Thought was seen by its adherents as succeeding "ancient thought", accumulated wisdom and philosophy from ...
References
External links
Michael Beckwith's Personal WebsiteAgape International Spiritual Center's Official Websiteduring filming of the documentary "Dalai Lama Renaissance"
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New Thought writers
Living people
African-American writers
Religious Science clergy
American spiritual writers
Nautilus Book Award winners
Year of birth missing (living people)