Roof Spiritual Marketplace

Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion
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ISBN: 978-1-4008-2308-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 384 Seiten

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 eight books, including A Generation of Seekers: The Spiritual Lives of the Baby Boom Generation.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Roof, Wade Clark

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Religionssoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Religionspsychologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionssoziologie und -psychologie, Spiritualität, Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

INTRODUCTION On Maps and Terrains 3

CHAPTER 1 Varieties of Spiritual Quest 16

CHAPTER 2 The Making of a Quest Culture 46

CHAPTER 3 Spiritual Marketplace 77

CHAPTER 4 On Being Fluid and Grounded III

CHAPTER 5 A Quest for What? 145

CHAPTER 6 Redrawing the Boundaries 180

CHAPTER 7 Realigning Family and Religion 217

CHAPTER 8 Moral Vision and Values 254

CONCLUSION "Whirl Is King, Having Driven Out Zeus" 294

APPENDIX Methodology 315

Notes 325

Index 361

Über Autor(innen)

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 eight books, including A Generation of Seekers: The Spiritual Lives of the Baby Boom Generation.