When one religion isn't enough : the lives of spiritually fluid people

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Label

When one religion isn't enough : the lives of spiritually fluid people

Title remainder

the lives of spiritually fluid people

Statement of responsibility

Duane R. Bidwell

Title variation

When 1 religion is not enough

Creator

• Bidwell, Duane R

Author

• Bidwell, Duane R

Subject

• Christianity and other religions
• Religion
• Spiritual biography

Language

eng

Summary

An exploration into the lives of people who embrace two or more religious traditions, and what this growing community tells us about change in our society Named a best book of 2018 by Library Journal In the United States, we often assume religious and spiritual identity are pure, static, and singular. But some people regularly cross religious boundaries. These "spiritually fluid" people celebrate complex religious bonds, and in the process they blur social categories, evoke prejudice, and complicate religious communities. Their presence sparks questions: How and why do people become spiritually fluid? Are they just confused or unable to commit? How do we make sense of them? When One Religion Isn't Enough explores the lives of spiritually fluid people, revealing that while some chose multiple religious belonging, many more inherit it. For many North Americans, the complicated legacies of colonialism are part of their family story, and they may consider themselves both Christian and Hindu, or Buddhist, or Yoruban, or one of the many other religions native to colonized lands. For some Asian Americans, singular religious identity may seem an alien concept, as many East Asian nations freely mix Buddhist, Confucian, Taoist, and other traditions. Some African American Christians are consciously seeking to reconnect with ancestral spiritualities. And still other people are born into religiously mixed families. Jewish-Christian intermarriage led the way in the US, but religious diversity here is only increasing: almost four in ten Americans (39 percent) who have married since 2010 have a spouse who is in a different religious group. Through in-depth conversations with spiritually fluid people, renowned scholar Duane Bidwell explores how people come to claim and be claimed by multiple religious traditions, how spiritually fluid people engage radically opposed truth claims, and what this growing population tells us about change within our communities

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

DLC

Citation location within source

• October 15, 2018
• November 05, 2018

Citation source

• Library Journal
• Publishers Weekly
• Library Journal Starred Reviews
• Library Journal Best Books

Dewey number

261.2

Index

index present

LC call number

BR127

LC item number

.B534 2018

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography