{"product_id":"religion-at-the-edge-nature-spirituality-and-secularity-in-the-pacific-northwest-paperback","title":"Religion at the Edge: Nature, Spirituality, and Secularity in the Pacific Northwest - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Bramadat\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003ePatricia O'Connell Killen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eSarah Wilkins-Laflamme\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA research-driven volume examining religion, spirituality, and irreligion in the Pacific Northwest.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Cascadia bioregion--British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon--has long been at the forefront of cultural shifts occurring throughout North America, particularly regarding religious institutions, ideas, and practices. \u003ci\u003eReligion at the Edge\u003c\/i\u003e explores the rise of religious \"nones,\" the decline of mainstream Christian denominations, spiritual and environmental innovation, increasing religious pluralism, and the growth of smaller, more traditional faith groups in Cascadia. This volume is the first research-driven book to address religion, spirituality, and irreligion in the Pacific Northwest. Employing surveys, archival sources, interviews with faith and community leaders, and focus groups, contributors showcase a spectrum of adherents from Christian, Sikh, Buddhist, Muslim, Jewish, Baha'i, new age, Indigenous, and irreligious communities. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Bramadat\u003c\/b\u003e is professor and director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. He is a coeditor of \u003ci\u003eUrban Religious Events: Public Spirituality in Contested Spaces\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRadicalization and Securitization in Canada and Beyond\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePatricia O'Connell Killen\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emerita and research fellow at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. She is coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Future of Catholicism in America \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eReligion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest: The None Zone\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003eSarah Wilkins-Laflamme\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in the Department of Sociology and Legal Studies at the University of Waterloo, Ontario. She is a coauthor of \u003ci\u003eNone of the Above: Nonreligious Identity in the US and Canada\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 276\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.9 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42157533986951,"sku":"9780774867634","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/48866189f49ae7fca719a9654e05e6b7.webp?v=1733251599","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/religion-at-the-edge-nature-spirituality-and-secularity-in-the-pacific-northwest-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}