Spiritual, but Not Religious Understanding Unchurched America

Name: Spiritual, but Not Religious Understanding Unchurched America
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ISBN: 9780195146806

ISBN-10: 0195146808

ISBN-13: 9780195146806

Edition: 2001

Authors: Robert C. Fuller

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Nearly 40% of all Americans have no connection with organized religion. Yet many of these people, even though they might never step inside a house of worship, live profoundly spiritual lives. But what is the nature and value of unchurched spirituality in America? Is it a recent phenomenon, a New Age fad that will soon fade, or a long-standing and essential aspect of the American experience? In Spiritual But Not Religious, Robert Fuller offers fascinating answers to these questions. He shows that alternative spiritual practices have a long and rich history in America, dating back to the colonial period, when church membership rarely exceeded 17% and interest in astrology, numerology,…

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List price: $48.99
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/20/2001
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 224
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.430

Robert C. Fuller is the Caterpillar Professor of Religious Studies at Bradley University. Fuller has published a dozen books, including Spiritual, But Not Religious: Understanding Unchurched America, Wonder: From Emotion to Spirituality, and Spirituality in the Flesh: Bodily Sources of Religious Experience.



Unchurched Spirituality: An Introduction



The Emergence of Unchurched Traditions



The Flowering of Metaphysical Religion



Exotic Messages, Familiar Themes: Contemporary Involvement in the American Dilemma



Alternative Medicines, Alternative Worldviews



Powers of the Hidden Self: Psychological Spirituality



Barnes and Noble as Synagogue: The New Eclecticism in American Religion



Unchurched Religion: A Scholarly Agenda


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