SOC/REL 390
Reading Assignment 10
Religion
Fuller, Robert C. 2001. Introduction. In Spiritual But Not Religious: Understanding Unchurched America. Oxford University Press: New York.
Greer, Bruce A., and Wade Clark Roof. 1992. “Desperately Seeking Sheila: Locating Religious Privatism in American Society.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 31(3): 346-352.
In about 150 words, tell me “what you think.” This is NOT a summary of the readings. It is your response and reaction to them.
The following questions are some suggestions of how to respond (you are not limited to these):
- To what extent, if any, do you relate to, or identify with, any of the descriptions?
- In what ways does this connect with prior topics in this class? In what ways does it present something new?
- What implications does privatized religion have for organized religion?
- What implications does privatized religion have for society?
- What potential differences are there between privatized religion, being unchurched, and being spiritual but not religious?
- What happens if people who are “spiritual but not religious” come together as a group?