Spiritual marketplace : baby boomers and the remaking of American religion / Wade Clark Roof.

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Roof, Wade Clark

Material type: Text

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781400823086
1400823080
9786612457876
6612457872
128245787X
9781282457874
1400813174
9781400813179

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Spiritual marketplace.DDC classification:

200.973/09045 22

LOC classification:

BL2525 .R654 1999eb

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Contents:

On maps and terrains -- Varieties of spiritual quest -- The making of a quest culture -- Spiritual marketplace -- On being fluid and grounded -- A quest for what? -- Redrawing the boundaries -- Realigning family and religion -- Moral vision and values -- "Whirl is king, having driven out Zeus" -- Appendix: Methodology.

Summary: In large chain bookstores the ""religion"" section is gone and in its place is an expanding number of topics including angels, Sufism, journey, recovery, meditation, magic, inspiration, Judaica, astrology, gurus, Bible, prophesy, evangelicalism, Mary, Buddhism, Catholicism, and esoterica. As Wade Clark Roof notes, such changes over the last two decades reflect a shift away from religion as traditionally understood to more diverse and creative approaches. But what does this splintering of the religious perspective say about Americans? Have we become more interested in spiritual concerns or h.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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In large chain bookstores the ""religion"" section is gone and in its place is an expanding number of topics including angels, Sufism, journey, recovery, meditation, magic, inspiration, Judaica, astrology, gurus, Bible, prophesy, evangelicalism, Mary, Buddhism, Catholicism, and esoterica. As Wade Clark Roof notes, such changes over the last two decades reflect a shift away from religion as traditionally understood to more diverse and creative approaches. But what does this splintering of the religious perspective say about Americans? Have we become more interested in spiritual concerns or h.

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