Spiritual Marketplace
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Americans
Angel
Author_Wade Clark Roof
Baptists
Catechism
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Catholic Church
Christian fundamentalism
Christian Identity
Church attendance
Contemporary society
Creed
Culture war
Definition of religion
Diana L. Eck
Dogma
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Ernst Troeltsch
Evangelical left
Evangelicalism
Evangelicalism in the United States
Feminist theology
First Things
George Marsden
Godparent
Heresy
Inclusive Church
Individualism
Infidel
Inspirational fiction
Institution
Interfaith dialogue
James Davison Hunter
James Dobson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Jews
John Lofland (sociologist)
Judeo-Christian
Mainline Protestant
Martin E. Marty
Mennonite
Modernity
Morality
New Age
New religious movement
New Thought
Orthodox Judaism
Paganism
Pentecostalism
People of God
Phyllis Tickle
Popular piety
Prosperity theology
Protestantism
Reform Judaism
Religion
Religiosity
Religious community
Religious experience
Religious identity
Religious liberalism
Religious pluralism
Religious symbolism
Secularism
Secularization
Social Gospel
Spiritual formation
Spirituality
Theodicy
Theology
Traditionalist Catholic
United States
What would Jesus do?
Product details
- ISBN 9780691089966
- Weight: 510g
- Dimensions: 152 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 22 Jul 2001
- Publisher: Princeton University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 have we become lost among trends? Do we value personal spirituality over traditional religion and no longer see ourselves united in a larger community of faith? Roof first credited this religious diversity to the baby boomers in his bestselling A Generation of Seekers (1993). He returns to interview many of these people, now in mid-life, to reveal a generation with a unique set of spiritual values--a generation that has altered our historic interpretations of religious beliefs, practices, and symbols, and perhaps even our understanding of the sacred itself.
The quest culture created by the baby boomers has generated a "marketplace" of new spiritual beliefs and practices and of revisited traditions. As Roof shows, some Americans are exploring faiths and spiritual disciplines for the first time; others are rediscovering their lost traditions; others are drawn to small groups and alternative communities; and still others create their own mix of values and metaphysical beliefs. Spiritual Marketplace charts the emergence of five subcultures: dogmatists, born-again Christians, mainstream believers, metaphysical believers and seekers, and secularists. Drawing on surveys and in-depth interviews for over a decade, Roof reports on the religious and spiritual styles, family patterns, and moral vision and values for each of these subcultures. The result is an innovative, engaging approach to understanding how religious life is being reshaped as we move into the next century.
Wade Clark Roof, a well-known commentator on religious trends in the United States is the J. F. Rowny Professor of Religion and Society at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of many books, including A Generation of Seekers: The Spiritual Lives of the Baby Boom Generation.
