{"product_id":"choosing-our-religion-the-spiritual-lives-of-americas-nones-9780199341221","title":"Choosing Our Religion: The Spiritual Lives of America's Nones","description":"To the dismay of religious leaders, study after study has shown a steady decline in affiliation and identification with traditional religions in America. By 2014, more than twenty percent of adults identified as unaffiliated--up more than seven percent just since 2007. Even more startling, \u003cbr\u003emore than thirty percent of those under the age of thirty now identify as Nones--answering none when queried about their religious affiliation. Is America losing its religion? Or, as more and more Americans choose different spiritual paths, are they changing what it means to be religious in the\u003cbr\u003eUnited States today? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eChoosing Our Religion, \u003c\/em\u003eElizabeth Drescher\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eexplores 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\u003cbr\u003einterviews 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\u003cbr\u003ewhich 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\u003cbr\u003eNones approach the spiritual development of their own children. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElizabeth Drescher\u003c\/strong\u003e is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Santa Clara University. Her work on American spirituality has been published in numerous periodicals including \u003cem\u003e America, \u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eSalon, Sojourners, and The Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the author \u003cem\u003eTweet If You [Heart] Jesus: Practicing Church in the Digital Reformation\u003c\/em\u003e (2011) and co-author of \u003cem\u003eClick 2 Save: The Digital Ministry Bible\u003c\/em\u003e (2012)\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50643234586898,"sku":"9780199341221","price":33.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_cbd2797c-f5f6-44cd-ab5e-2d888bf3ec33.jpg?v=1733081111","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/choosing-our-religion-the-spiritual-lives-of-americas-nones-9780199341221","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}