Seculosity : how career, parenting, technology, food, politics, and romance became our new religion and what to do about it / David Zahl.
2019
BL65.C8 Z345 2019
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Title
Seculosity : how career, parenting, technology, food, politics, and romance became our new religion and what to do about it / David Zahl.
Author
ISBN
1506449433
9781506449432 (print)
9781506449432 (print)
Published
Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, [2019]
Copyright
©2019.
Language
English
Description
xxiii, 211 pages ; 24 cm.
Call Number
BL65.C8 Z345 2019
Summary
The religious impulse is easier to rebrand than to extinguish. Declining levels of church attendance causes us to believe more and more people are abandoning faith. What these polls fail to report is that the marketplace in replacement religion is booming. Religious observance has migrated-- everyday activities are filling in for church attendance. Zahl brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its counter cultural wonder. -- adapted from jacket flap and back cover.
We have a universal yearning, writes David Zahl, not to be happy or respected so much as enough--what religions call "righteous." Today, we look to all sorts of everyday activities--from eating and parenting to dating and voting--for the meaning once provided on Sunday morning. Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American "performancism." Ultimately, Zahl brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its counter-cultural wonder.
We have a universal yearning, writes David Zahl, not to be happy or respected so much as enough--what religions call "righteous." Today, we look to all sorts of everyday activities--from eating and parenting to dating and voting--for the meaning once provided on Sunday morning. Seculosity takes a thoughtful yet entertaining tour of American "performancism." Ultimately, Zahl brings us to a fresh appreciation for the grace of God in all its counter-cultural wonder.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-211).
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
The seculosity of busyness
The seculosity of romance
The seculosity of parenting
The seculosity of technology
The seculosity of work
The seculosity of leisure
The seculosity of food
The seculosity of politics
The seculosity of Jesusland
Conclusion: What to "Do" about It.
The seculosity of busyness
The seculosity of romance
The seculosity of parenting
The seculosity of technology
The seculosity of work
The seculosity of leisure
The seculosity of food
The seculosity of politics
The seculosity of Jesusland
Conclusion: What to "Do" about It.
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BL65.C8 Z345 2019
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