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| Preface | |
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| The Authors | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction: Belief in America | |
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| Searching for Self and Spirit | |
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| The Divorce Between Spirituality and Religion | |
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| Spiritual Seekers, True Believers | |
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| Varieties of Spirituality | |
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| Experiencing Religion | |
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| Turning East | |
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| Claiming Spiritual Roots | |
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| Mix-and-Match Spirituality | |
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| Secular Spirituality | |
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| Bringing Spirit to Life | |
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| Gender Spirituality | |
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| Spirituality at Work | |
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| God and Pop Culture | |
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| Peace Between Science and Spirituality | |
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| Body, Mind, Spirit, and Medicine | |
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| Postscript: American Spirituality--Mystical and Practical | |
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| Searching for Community | |
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| Congregations and Consumers | |
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| Marketing to Seekers | |
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| Why Strict Churches Grow | |
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| Traditional Congregations and Worship Wars | |
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| Grounding Spirituality in Congregations | |
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| Congregations on the Cutting Edge | |
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| Small Group Revival | |
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| Power to the People in the Pews | |
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| Women and the Changing Face of Ministry | |
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| Religion in the Post-Denominational Era | |
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| FutureFaith: Downsized and Decentralized | |
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| Renewal Groups: Following the Spirit | |
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| Ministering in a Multicultural America | |
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| Technology and Virtual Religion | |
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| Christian Unity from the Bottom Up | |
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| Interfaith Prayers: Peace Between Religions | |
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| Postscript: Evangelism--Not Just for Evangelicals | |
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| Searching for Common Culture | |
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| The Politics of Faith | |
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| Reaching Out | |
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| Religious Right Presses Forward | |
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| Religious Left "Born Again" | |
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| Culture Wars, Social Peace | |
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| Polarization in the Pews | |
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| Challenging the "Secular" Media | |
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| Seeking Common Ground | |
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| Emerging Social Issues | |
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| Stewards of the Earth | |
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| New Partnerships to Help the Poor | |
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| Reading, Writing, and Religion: The Rise of Religious Schools | |
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| New Clashes Between Church and State | |
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| Cults: Dangerous, Deviant, or Just Different? | |
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| Millennial Fever: New Age Vision, Old-Time Religion | |
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| Postscript: Personal Faith, Public Life | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Notes | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |