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More About This Title Shopping For Faith: American Religion in the New Millennium
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—Robert Ellwood, emeritus professor of religion, University of Southern California
American religion flourishes in a consumer culture, and presents us with a bewildering array of choices as we navigate the shopping mall of faith.
The authors identify dozens of trends which will shape American religion in the next century and bring together the latest research and intimate portraits of Americans describing their beliefs, their religious heritage, and their spiritual search.
With warmth and style the authors document how consumerism shapes religious practice -- from conservative evangelical worship to the most esoteric New Age workshop.
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DON LATTIN is the award-winning religion writer for the San Francisco Chronicle. Over the past twenty years he has interviewed thousands of Americans about their religious heritage and spiritual search. He was a fellow at the Program in Religious Studies for Journalists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and has also taught religion reporting at the Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California at Berkeley.
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Preface
Introduction: Belief in America 1
Part 1 Searching for Self and Spirit
1 The Divorce Between Spirituality and Religion 9
2 Varieties of Spirituality 17
3 Bringing Spirit to Life 31
Postscript: American Spirituality - Mystical and Practical 49
Part 2 Searching for Community
4 Congregations and Consumers 55
5 Congregations on the Cutting Edge 76
6 Religion in the Post-Denominational Era 95
Postscript: Evangelism - Not Just for Evangelicals 124
Part 3 Searching for Common Culture
7 The Politics of Faith 131
8 Culture Wars, Social Peace 143
9 Emerging Social Issues 158
Postscript: Personal Faith, Public Life 183
Afterword 187
Notes 191
Bibliography 205
List of Link Page Headings 215
Index 217
