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Marianne Williamson
Born
Marianne Deborah Williamson[1]

(1952-07-08) July 8, 1952 (age 72)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationBellaire High School
Alma materPomona College
Occupation(s)New Age and self-help author
Parent(s)Sam Williamson
Sophie Ann Williamson

Marianne Deborah Williamson (born July 8, 1952)[2] is an American spiritual teacher, author and lecturer. She has published eleven books, including four New York Times number one bestsellers. She is the founder of Project Angel Food, a meals-on-wheels program that serves homebound people with AIDS in the Los Angeles area, and the co-founder of The Peace Alliance, a grassroots campaign supporting legislation to establish a United States Department of Peace. She serves on the Board of Directors of the RESULTS organization, which works to end poverty in the United States and around the world. Williamson is also behind Sister Giant, a series of seminars and teaching sessions that provides women with the information and tools needed to be political candidates. Through these seminars,[3] she encourages women to run for office and align their politics with their spiritual values.

She has been a guest on television programs such as The Oprah Winfrey Show, Larry King Live, Good Morning America, Charlie Rose and Real Time with Bill Maher. In December 2006, a Newsweek magazine poll named her one of the fifty most influential baby boomers. According to Time magazine, "Yoga, the Cabala and Marianne Williamson have been taken up by those seeking a relationship with God that is not strictly tethered to Christianity." Williamson bases her teaching and writing on a set of books called A Course in Miracles, a self-study program of spiritual psychotherapy, based on universal spiritual themes.

Williamson has sold a combined total of more than 3,000,000 books,[4] a canon which led New York Times reporter Mark Leibovich to label her a "self-help guru".[5]

On October 20, 2013,[6] she announced her candidacy for California's 33rd Congressional District in the race to fill Representative Henry Waxman's seat after his retirement. In the California primary election of June 2014, Williamson came in fourth with 12.9% of the vote.[7]

Personal life

Williamson was born in Houston, Texas, in 1952.[8][9][10] She is the youngest of three children of Samuel "Sam" Williamson, an immigration lawyer,[10][11] and his homemaker wife, Sophie Ann (Kaplan).[12][13] After graduating from Houston's Bellaire High School, Williamson spent two years studying theater and philosophy at Pomona College in Claremont, California[12] before leaving in her Junior year and continuing her education at the University of New Mexico and the University of Texas.

In 1979 Williamson returned to Houston, where she ran a metaphysical bookstore.[12] In 1987 she helped found the Los Angeles Center for Living, a support facility for those with life-threatening illnesses. Two years later she began Project Angel Food, to deliver meals to AIDS patients.[9][10] In 1990 Williamson had her only child, India. She refuses to identify or discuss the father of India, and instead chose to raise India alone as an “unwed Jewish mother.”[10][11][12][4]

Published works

  • A Return to Love, First Edition 1992 (ISBN 9780060927486)
  • Imagine What America Could Be in the 21st Century: Visions of a Better Future from Leading American Thinkers (ISBN 0451204697)
  • Emma & Mommy Talk to God (ISBN 9780060799267)
  • Healing the Soul of America: Reclaiming Our Voices as Spiritual Citizens (ISBN 9780684846224)
  • A Woman's Worth (ISBN 9780345386571)
  • Enchanted Love: The Mystical Power of Intimate Relationships (ISBN 9780684870250)
  • Everyday Grace: Having Hope, Finding Forgiveness, And Making Miracles (ISBN 9781573223515)
  • Illuminata: A Return to Prayer (ISBN 9781573225205)
  • The Gift of Change (ISBN 0060816112)
  • The Law of Divine Compensation: On Work, Money and Miracles (ISBN 0062205412)

References

  1. ^ "Person Details for Marianne Deborah Williamson, "Texas, Birth Index, 1903-1997" — FamilySearch.org". familysearch.org.
  2. ^ Knapp, Gwenn (2006). "StarBios Report for Marianne Williamson". MOTTASIA Inc. Retrieved 2006-07-12.
  3. ^ Price, Dick and Kyle, Sharon (2012). "Sister Giant: A New Age for Politics". LA Progressive
  4. ^ a b Aron, Hillel. “Marianne Williamson Aims to Defeat Henry Waxman, and Save Washington's Soul”, “LA Weekly,” 2014 January 16
  5. ^ Leibovich, Mark. "The Real House Candidates of Beverly Hills", New York Times Magazine, 2014 April 24
  6. ^ "Not a Joke", Time Magazine, New York, 22 October 2013. Retrieved on 10 January 2014.
  7. ^ http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2014/06/star-power-couldnt-win-californias-90210-primary/
  8. ^ Munson, Zack. “God Help Us”, “Weekly Standard,” Vol. 19, No. 22. 2014 February 17
  9. ^ a b Merl, Jean. “Marianne Williamson's spiritual path into political realm”, “LA Times,” 2014 January 13
  10. ^ a b c d Appelo, Tim. “Love Prophet”, “Entertainment Weekly,” 1992 March 06
  11. ^ a b Pristin, Terry. “COVER STORY : The Power, the Glory, the Glitz : Marianne Williamson, an ex-nightclub singer, has attracted many in Hollywood with her blend of new-time religion and self-help--and alienated more than a few.”, “LA Times,” 1992 February 16
  12. ^ a b c d Schindehette, Susan. “The Divine Miss W”, “People Magazine,” 1992 March. 09
  13. ^ "Jewish Herald-Voice". jhvonline.com.
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