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    The Rapid Dying of Religion and the Rise of a Universal Spirituality
    The Rapid Dying of Religion and the Rise of a Universal Spirituality
    The Rapid Dying of Religion and the Rise of a Universal Spirituality
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    The Rapid Dying of Religion and the Rise of a Universal Spirituality

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    A provocative report on recent research indicating that the decline of organized religion in the US is happening at a much faster pace than is generally recognized. At the same time, the proportion of people identifying themselves as atheist, agnostic, or "spiritual but not religious" continues to climb steadily.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherD. Patrick Miller
    Release dateFeb 14, 2016
    ISBN9781310036491
    The Rapid Dying of Religion and the Rise of a Universal Spirituality
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    D. Patrick Miller

    Patrick D. Miller is Charles T. Haley Professor Emeritus of Old Testament Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of numerous books, including The Religion of Ancient Israel. He is coeditor of the Interpretation commentary series and the Westminster Bible Companion series. In 1998, he served as President of the Society of Biblical Literature. He was also editor of Theology Today for twenty years.

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      The Rapid Dying of Religion and the Rise of a Universal Spirituality - D. Patrick Miller

      and the rise of a universal spirituality

      by D. PATRICK MILLER

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      D. PATRICK MILLER

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      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      The Steady Rise of the Nones

      Factoring in the 'Disconnect'

      The Birth of SBNR

      But What Does Spiritual Mean Exactly?

      Five Questions for the Spiritually Inclined

      Author's Biography

      When Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders stepped away from identifying himself with any organized religion and instead asserted that My spirituality is that we are all in this together, he

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