Knocking on Heaven's Door / David Weissman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Weissman, David, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Counterculture--United States--History--20th century.

Counterculture.

United States--Religion--20th century.

United States.

United States--Social conditions--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What happened to American religion during the cultural revolution of the 1960s and early 1970s? The era has long been associated with the ascendancy of Eastern religions and fringe cults. But in this provocative book, Mark Oppenheimer demonstrates that contrary to conventional wisdom, most Americans did not turn on, tune in, and drop out of mainstream religious groups during the Age of Aquarius. Instead, many Americans brought the counterculture with them to their churches and temples, changing the face of American religion.Introducing us to America's first gay ministers and first female priests, to hippie Jews and folk-singing Catholics, Oppenheimer demonstrates that this was an era of extraordinary religious vitality. Drawing on a rich range of archival material as well as interviews with many of the protagonists, Knocking on Heaven's Door offers a wry and iconoclastic reappraisal of the ways in which the upheavals of the sixties changed America's relationship with God.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

One. Unitarians and Gay Rights

Two. Roman Catholics and the Folk Mass

Three. Jews and Communal Worship

Four. Episcopalians and Feminism

Five. Southern Baptists and Vietnam War Protest

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780300143478

0300143478

OCLC:

1013960619