Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest The None Zone

Name: Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest The None Zone
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ISBN: 9780759106253

ISBN-10: 0759106258

ISBN-13: 9780759106253

Edition: 2004

Authors: Patricia O'Connell Killen, Mark Silk, Lance Laird, Mark A. Shibley, Dale Soden

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When asked their religious identification, more people answer none in the Pacific Northwest than in any other region of the United States. But this does not mean that the region's religious institutions are without power or that Northwesterners who do attend no place of worship are without spiritual commitments. With no dominant denomination, Evangelicals, Mainline Protestants, Catholics, Jews, adherents of Pacific Rim religious traditions, indigenous groups, spiritual environmentalists, and secularists must vie or sometimes must cooperate with each other to address the regions' pressing economic, environmental, and social issues. One cannot understand this complex region without…

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List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 3/12/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Introduction--Patterns of the Past, Prospects for the Future: Religion in the None Zone



Religious Affiliation in the Pacific Northwest and the Nation--Religious Self-Identification and Adherents Claimed by Religious Groups, National and Regional Comparisons



Surveying the Religious Landscape: Historical Trends and Current Patterns in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska




Contesting the Soul of an Unlikely Land: Mainline Protestants, Catholics, and Reform and Conservative Jews in the Pacific Northwest




The Churching of the Pacific Northwest: The Rise of Sectarian Entrepreneurs




Religions of the Pacific Rim in the Pacific Northwest




Secular but Spiritual in the Pacific Northwest



Conclusion--Religious Futures in the None Zone



Appendix


Bibliography


Index


Contributors