Religion at the edge : nature, spirituality, and secularity in the Pacific Northwest / edited by Paul Bramadat, Patricia O'Connell Killen, and Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme.

"The Cascadia bioregion - British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon - has long been at the forefront of cultural shifts occurring throughout North America, in particular regarding religious institutions, ideas, and practices. Religion at the Edge explores the rise of religious "nones," the decline of...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Bramadat, Paul, 1967- (Editor)
Killen, Patricia O'Connell (Editor)
Wilkins-Laflamme, Sarah, 1987- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Vancouver ; Toronto : UBC Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Northwest, Pacific > Religion.
Spirituality > Northwest, Pacific.
Irreligion > Northwest, Pacific.
Irreligion.
Religion.
Spirituality.
Pacific Northwest.
Essays.
Genre:
Essays.
Physical Description:viii, 266 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Issued also in electronic formats.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: religion, spirituality, and irreligion in the best place on Earth / Paul Bramadat
  • 1 Reverential naturalism in Cascadia: 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
  • Conclusion: religion at the edge of a continent / Paul Bramadat and Patricia O'Connell Killen.