Spiritual marketplace : baby boomers and the remaking of American religion / Wade Clark Roof.

By: Roof, Wade ClarkPublication details: Princeton, N.J . : Princeton University Press, c1999Description: x, 367 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 0691016593 (alk. paper); 9780691016597 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Baby boom generation | Religieuze opvattingen | United States -- Religion -- 1960-DDC classification: 200/.973/09045 LOC classification: BL2525 | .R654 1999
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" -- Methodology.
Summary: Analyzes the shifting demographics and dynamics of American religion since the 1960s, and traces the rise of personal spirituality and New Age beliefs such as angels, astrology, and Native American spirituality gauging their effects on traditional religion.
Holdings
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Book Book Evangelische Theologische Faculteit Leuven Main Library BL 2525 ROOF 1999 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 35678000272007

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-360) and index.

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" -- Methodology.

Analyzes the shifting demographics and dynamics of American religion since the 1960s, and traces the rise of personal spirituality and New Age beliefs such as angels, astrology, and Native American spirituality gauging their effects on traditional religion.