Born into poverty in Mississippi in 1954 and rising through talent, hard work and despite tragedy, Oprah Winfrey has become one of the wealthiest, most powerful, and most popular women of our age. She also seems to be a person of faith, but what faith does she profess exactly? In Where Has Oprah Taken Us? biographer Stephen Mansfield examines Oprah's spiritual journey, from her Baptist upbringing to her practice of "New Age Christianity." She is, as Christianity Today has proclaimed, a postmodern priestess - an icon of church-free spirituality. Rejecting her Baptist roots, Winfrey has become a champion of the 'Course in Miracles', a seminar in which Christianity is reinterpreted in terms of self-actualization, personal divinity, and self-empowerment. She has also become a disciple of Eckhart Tolle, the increasingly popular teacher of a form of spirituality that blends Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, and Christianity.