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Book SynopsisReligion at the Edge shows how the distinctive social and physical landscape of the Pacific Northwest proves fertile ground for an expansive exploration of contemporary spirituality and secularity.
Trade ReviewI deeply relate to the stories of the interviewees...By reading this book, I feel, as a pastor, the sense of getting an inside look at the religious mindset of our region. -- Seth Thomas * Christ & Cascadia *
I highly recommend [Religin at the Edge] as a tool for meeting Cascadian people at their spiritual heart.
-- Fr. Thomas Murphy, S.J. * BC Studies *
With
Religion at the Edge: Nature, Spirituality, and Secularity in the Pacific Northwest, Bramadat and his collaborators have given us a clutch of rich essays. -- Michael Ledger-Lomas * Literary Review of Canada *
Readers seeking information about secularism, the spiritual-but-not-religious cohort, environmentalism and religion, and the future of religion across Canada and the United States will want to read
Religion at the Edge... Highly recommend. * Nova Religio *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Religion, Spirituality, and Irreligion in The Best Place on Earth / Paul Bramadat
1 Reverential Naturalism: From the Fancy to the Sublime / Paul Bramadat
2 On Religion, Irreligion, and Settler Colonialism in the Pacific Northwest: A Snapshot from the Field / Chelsea Horton
3 Border Crossings: Indigenous Spirituality and Culture in Cascadia / Suzanne Crawford O’Brien
4 But People Tend to Go the Way Their Families Go: Irreligion across the Generations in the Pacific Northwest / Tina Block and Lynne Marks
5 Second to None: Religious Nonaffiliation in the Pacific Northwest / Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme
6 From Outlier to Advance Guard: Cascadia in Its North American Context / Mark Silk
7 Questing for Home: Place, Spirit, and Religious Community in the Pacific Northwest / Patricia O’Connell Killen
8 The Precarious Nature of Cascadia’s Protestants: New Strategies for Evangelical and Liberal Christians in the Region / James K. Wellman Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran
9 Evangelicals in the Pacific Northwest: Navigating the “None Zone” / Michael Wilkinson
10 “To Be or Not to Be” Religious: Minority Religions in a Region of Nones / Rachel D. Brown
11 Everything Old is New Again: Reverential Naturalism in Cascadian Poetry / Susanna Morrill
12 Conclusion: Religion at the Edge of the Continent / Paul Bramadat and Patricia O’Connell Killen
List of Contributors; Index
