After Heaven Spirituality in America since The 1950s

Name: After Heaven Spirituality in America since The 1950s
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ISBN: 9780520222281

ISBN-10: 0520222288

ISBN-13: 9780520222281

Edition: 1999

Authors: Robert Wuthnow

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The evolution of American spirituality over the past fifty years is the subject of Robert Wuthnow's engrossing new book. Wuthnow uses in-depth interviews and a broad range of resource materials to show how Americans, from teenagers to senior citizens, define their spiritual journeys. His findings are a telling reflection of the changes in beliefs and lifestyles that have occurred throughout the United States in recent decades. Wuthnow reconstructs the social and cultural reasons for an emphasis on a spirituality ofdwelling(houses of worship, denominations, neighborhoods) during the 1950s. Then in the 1960s a spirituality ofseekingbegan to emerge, leading individuals to go beyond established…

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List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 6/20/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 286
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Robert Wuthnow, a native of Kansas, teaches sociology and directs the Center for the Study of Religion at Princeton University. He is the author of many books about American religion and culture, including "Remaking the Heartland: Middle America since the 1950s" and "Small-Town America: Finding Community, Shaping the Future" (both Princeton).