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Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region
. Ed(S): Roof, Wade Clark; Silk, Mark
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Description for Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region
Paperback. An overview of public religion in California, Nevada, and Hawaii. Editor(s): Roof, Wade Clark; Silk, Mark. Series: Religion by Region. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBBWN; 1MKPH; HR; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 159 x 12. Weight in Grams: 326.
"Pretty much like the rest of the country, only more so." This quip from Wallace Stegner well-represents the Pacific region's religious culture. California, Nevada, and Hawaii emerged more recently, more quickly and with more diversity and fluidity than the other United States. Although influenced by Mexican Catholicism, Native Traditions, Asian Religions, and Euro-American Christianity, no religious tradition dominates, and a secular ethos usually reigns. But this very religious indifference makes California and the rest of the region open to all sorts of missionary movements and religious innovations. New organizational forms, new spiritual therapies, and new religious hybrids all compete for ... Read more
"Pretty much like the rest of the country, only more so." This quip from Wallace Stegner well-represents the Pacific region's religious culture. California, Nevada, and Hawaii emerged more recently, more quickly and with more diversity and fluidity than the other United States. Although influenced by Mexican Catholicism, Native Traditions, Asian Religions, and Euro-American Christianity, no religious tradition dominates, and a secular ethos usually reigns. But this very religious indifference makes California and the rest of the region open to all sorts of missionary movements and religious innovations. New organizational forms, new spiritual therapies, and new religious hybrids all compete for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Series
Religion by Region
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
California, United States
ISBN
9780759106390
SKU
V9780759106390
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About . Ed(S): Roof, Wade Clark; Silk, Mark
Wade Clark Roof is the J.F. Rowny Professor of Religion and Society and director of the Walter H. Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life at the University of California at Santa Barbara. His major writings include American Mainline Religion, A Generation of Seekers, and The Spiritual Marketplace. He is the editor of the two-volume encyclopedia, ... Read more
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