{"id":1667,"date":"2008-01-31T14:19:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-31T14:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/01\/oprah-and-eckhart-in-08.html"},"modified":"2008-01-31T14:19:37","modified_gmt":"2008-01-31T14:19:37","slug":"oprah-and-eckhart-in-08","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/01\/oprah-and-eckhart-in-08.html","title":{"rendered":"Oprah and Eckhart in &#8217;08"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Biggest news on the spirituality rialto: Oprah\u2019s book club choice in March will be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/story\/183\/story_18324_1.html\">Eckhart Tolle\u2019s<\/a> &#8220;A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life\u2019s Purpose.&#8221; It\u2019s the first time Oprah has chosen a book from the self-help\/spirituality genre. &#8220;This is my boldest choice yet, not a novel, not a memoir,&#8221; Oprah exclaimed on her show. &#8220;I\u2019m over-the-moon excited.&#8221;<br \/>\nBut wait, there\u2019s more.<br \/>\nIn &#8220;a worldwide, groundbreaking event,&#8221; Tolle, a gentle spiritual leprechaun with a soft German accent, will be co-teaching a 10-week free course on the book on <a href=\"http:\/\/www2.oprah.com\/index.jhtml\">Oprah.com<\/a> with none other than Oprah herself. 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