{"product_id":"engaged-spirituality-social-change-and-american-religion-9780813538365","title":"Engaged Spirituality Social Change and American Religion","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on over one hundred interviews with individuals of diverse faith traditions, this book shows how prayer, meditation, and ritual provide foundations for activism. It argues that spirituality plays an important role in the making of activists and has the potential for changing the social order.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe intriguing and moving stories told by Stanczak's subjects bring life to his exploration of the ways in which individuals' spiritual experiences shape and sustain their motivations for activist involvement. This hopeful, often inspiring story of faith at work in society should appeal not only to sociologists and religious studies scholars, but also to a more general audience. - Rhys H. Williams, professor of sociology, University of Cincinnati\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBridging the gap: the split between spirituality and society\u003cbr\u003e Biography, behavior, and belief: the sources of spirituality\u003cbr\u003e Acting on faith: social roles in expressing spirituality\u003cbr\u003e Keeping the faith in action: cultivating spiritual practice\u003cbr\u003e Experience and emotion: the influence of spiritual feelings\u003cbr\u003e Degrees of social integration: toward a theory of engaged spirituality\u003cbr\u003e Lived spirituality and the gamut of social action\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53733888033111,"sku":"9780813538365","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/engaged-spirituality-social-change-and-american-religion-9780813538365","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}