Sacred Stories, Spiritual Tribes: Finding Religion in Everyday Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780199917365)

Nancy Tatom Ammerman examines the stories Americans tell of their everyday lives, from dinner table to office and shopping mall to doctor's office, about the things that matter most to them and the routines they take for granted, and the times and places where the everyday and ordinary meet the spiritual.

In addition to interviews and observation, Ammerman bases her findings on a photo elicitation exercise and oral diaries, offering a window into the presence and absence of religion and spirituality in ordinary lives and in ordinary physical and social spaces. The stories come from a diverse array of ninety-five Americans -- both conservative and liberal white Protestants, African American Protestants, Catholics, Jews, Mormons, Wiccans, and people who claim no religious or spiritual proclivities -- across a range that stretches from committed religious believers to the spiritually neutral. Ammerman surveys how these people talk about what spirituality is, how they seek and find experiences they deem spiritual, and whether and how religious traditions and institutions are part of their spiritual lives.

Author: Nancy Tatom Ammerman
ISBN-10: 0199917361
ISBN-13: 9780199917365
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 09/12/2013
Pages: 400
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2014
Christian Century 02/04/2015 pg. 30