| Description |
1 online resource (384 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Baby boom generation -- Religious life.
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Baby boom generation -- Religious life. |
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United States -- Religion -- 1960-
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United States. |
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Religion. |
| Chronological Term |
1960- |
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Since 1960 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Roof, Wade Clark. Spiritual marketplace. Princeton, N.J. ; Chichester : Princeton University Press, 2001 9780691089966 (OCoLC)46908699 |
| ISBN |
9781400823086 (electronic book) |
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1400823080 (electronic book) |
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9786612457876 |
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6612457872 |
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128245787X |
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9781282457874 |
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1400813174 |
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9781400813179 |
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