Religion, Spirituality and Everyday Practice

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Giordan, Giuseppe (Editor), Swatos, Jr., William H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2012.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Religion.; Sociology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Religious Studies, general.

The current generation of young adults, at least in the Western world, has shown a marked tendency toward a preference for describing themselves as “spiritual” as contrasted to “religious.” This book seeks to examine the possible meanings and consequences associated with this contrast in terms of th...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: The Spiritual “Turn” in Religion as Process and Outcome, W.H. Swatos, Jr. and G. Giordan
• Part I: Ideas and Concepts of the Spiritual Turn
• Spirituality and the Changing Religious Field, L. Woodhead
• Spirituality and Systems of Belief, E. Pace
• Religious Pilgrimage, Pilgrimage Spirituality and Everyday Life, w.H. Swatos, Jr
• Lived Religion: Signposts of Where We Have Been and Where We Can Go from Here, M.J. Neitz
• Religious Lifestyles, L. Berzano
• Part II: Case Studies in the New Spirituality
• Toward a Sociology of Prayer, G. Giordan
• The Concept of “Community” in Catholic Parishes, P.Wittberg
• Scared into Church? Conceptions of God, Exclusivity, and Religious Practice in the United States, C.D. Bader and A. Palmer
• Spiritual Life in Modern Japan: Understanding Religion in Everyday Life, A. Molle
• Workers in the Vineyard: Catholic Women and Social Action, C. Holtmann
• “Short” Youth: Resources and Meanings of Early Transition to Adulthood among Foreign Youth, D. Girardi
• Everyday Research Implications of Catholic Theological Positions: An American Perspective, A.J. Blasi
• From Institution to Spirituality and Back: Why We Should Be Cautious about the “Spiritual Turn” in the Sociology of Religion, I. Turina.