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Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones 1st Edition, Kindle Edition
In Choosing Our Religion, Elizabeth Drescherexplores the diverse, complex spiritual lives of Nones across generations and across categories of self-identification such as "Spiritual-But-Not-Religious," "Atheist," "Agnostic," "Humanist," "just Spiritual," and more. Drawing on more than one hundred interviews conducted across the United States, Drescher opens a window into the lives of a broad cross-section of Nones, diverse with respect to age, gender, race, sexual orientation, and prior religious background. She allows Nones to speak eloquently for themselves, illuminating the processes by which they became None, the sources of information and inspiration that enrich their spiritual lives, the practices they find spiritually meaningful, how prayer functions in spiritual lives not centered on doctrinal belief, how morals and values are shaped outside of institutional religions, and how Nones approach the spiritual development of their own children.
These compelling stories are deeply revealing about how religion is changing in America--both for Nones and for the religiously affiliated family, friends, and neighbors with whom their lives remain intertwined.
- ISBN-13978-0199341245
- Edition1st
- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication dateMarch 1, 2016
- LanguageEnglish
- File size4.0 MB
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- ASIN : B015P64NC4
- Publisher : Oxford University Press
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : March 1, 2016
- Edition : 1st
- Language : English
- File size : 4.0 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 340 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0199341245
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,551,439 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #237 in Sociology of Religion
- #264 in Sociology & Religion
- #493 in Religious Studies - Sociology
About the author

Elizabeth Drescher, PhD is a scholar, researcher, writer, and speaker on religious and spiritual practice in everyday life. She is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University and a consulting scholar at the BTS Center, a think tank on 21st century ministry. Her work on everyday religion and spirituality has been published in numerous outlets including America, Salon, Sojourners, and The Washington Post. She is the author most recently of Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones (Oxford 2016), as well as Tweet If You ♥ Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation (Morehouse, 2011) and, with Keith Anderson, Click 2 Save: Reboot (Morehouse 2018), a new, expanded edition of Click 2 Save: The Digital Ministry Bible (Morehouse, 2012).
She holds a doctorate from the Graduate Theological Union in Christian spirituality and a masters in systematic theology from Duquesne University. Dr. Drescher is a popular speaker and workshop leader at conferences, colleges, seminaries, and universities. Follow her on Twitter @edrescherphd.






















