A witty and provocative reappraisal of the impact of the cultural
upheavals of the sixties on American religious life What happened
to American religion during the cultural revolution of the 1960s
and early 1970s? The era has long been associated with the
ascendancy of Eastern religions and fringe cults. But in this
provocative book, Mark Oppenheimer demonstrates that contrary to
conventional wisdom, most Americans did not turn on, tune in, and
drop out of mainstream religious groups during the Age of Aquarius.
Instead, many Americans brought the counterculture with them to
their churches and temples, changing the face of American religion.
Introducing us to America's first gay ministers and first female
priests, to hippie Jews and folk-singing Catholics, Oppenheimer
demonstrates that this was an era of extraordinary religious
vitality. Drawing on a rich range of archival material as well as
interviews with many of the protagonists, Knocking on Heaven's Door
offersa wry and iconoclastic reappraisal of the ways in which the
upheavals of the sixties changed America's relationship with God.
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