Bøker av Robert Wuthnow

Exploring the link between the creative and the sacred, the author of this text claims that artists have become the spiritual vanguard of our time. Drawing on interviews with painters, sculptors, writers, singers, dancers and actors, he includes the spiritual insights of accomplished artists.

Focuses on the evolution of American spirituality over the years. This title uses interviews and a broad range of resource materials to show how Americans, from teenagers to senior citizens, define their spiritual journeys. It explains the changes in personal spirituality that have come to shape our religious life.

Sociologist Robert Wuthnow notes remarkable similarities in the social conditions surrounding three of the greatest challenges to the status quo in the development of modern society-the Protestant Reformation, the Enlightenment, and the rise of Marxist socialism.

Wuthnow shows that in America there has been a significant change in group affiliations away from traditional civic organizations toward affiliations that respond to individual needs and collective concerns. He looks at the challenges that must be faced if these innovative forms of civic involvement are to flourish.