Over the past decade, religious, secular, and spiritual
distinctions have broken down, forcing scholars to rethink
secularity and its relationship to society. Since classifying a
person, activity, or experience as religious or otherwise is an
important act of valuation, one that defines the characteristics of
a group and its relation to others, scholars are struggling to
recast these concepts in our increasingly ambiguous, pluralistic
world.
This collection considers religious and secular categories and
what they mean to those who seek valuable, ethical lives. As they
investigate how individuals and groups determine significance, set
goals, and attribute meaning, contributors illustrate the ways in
which religious, secular, and spiritual designations serve as
markers of value. Reflecting on recent ethnographic and historical
research, chapters explore contemporary psychical research and
liberal American homeschooling; the work of nineteenth and
early-twentieth-century American psychologists and French
archaeologists; the role of contemporary humanitarian and volunteer
organizations based in Europe and India; and the prevalence of
highly mediated and spiritualized publics, from international
psy-trance festivals to Ghanaian national political contexts.
Contributors particularly focus on the role of ambivalence,
attachment, and disaffection in the formation of religious,
secular, and spiritual identities, resetting research on secular
society and contemporary religious life while illuminating what
matters in the lives of ordinary individuals.
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