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The Shape of Spirituality : The Public Significance of a New Religious Formation / edited by Dick Houtman and Galen Watts
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Non-church-affiliated people--United States.
- Non-church-affiliated people.
- Spirituality--United States--History--21st century.
- Spirituality.
- United States--Religion--21st century.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (374 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- The Shape of Spirituality brings together leading sociologists to challenge common notions that spirituality is individualistic, privatized, and apolitical--and to make the definitive case for its social and political significance.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 HOW SPIRITUALITY GREW UP AND OUT OF CHRISTIANITY
- 2 THE CULTIC MILIEU AND THE SPIRITUAL TURN
- 3 HOLISTIC HEALING AND THE REESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION IN THE UNITED STATES
- 4 SPIRITUALIZING THERAPY
- 5 THE SPIRITUAL IMPULSE IN SILICON VALLEY
- 6 LAGGED IDENTITIES AND THE UNDERESTIMATED CIVIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SPIRITUALITY
- 7 WHEN THE SPIRITUAL IS POLITICAL
- 8 A STARTLING ALLIANCE?
- 9 CONSPIRITUALITY
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- CONTRIBUTORS
- INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780231561372
- 0231561377
- OCLC:
- 1455130146
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