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21 April 2004
deinstitutionalised religion is all the rage
At one level there's nothing new in this article. On the other paw, the news that 68% of USAmericans surveyed said that they had used the internet for religious purposes, is interesting and probably revealing. It all goes along with the stuff that Pete Ward brought to our [well, mine, anyway] attention in "liquid Church" and of a piece with Paul Heelas's work on New Age Movements. In our western societies the self rather than the group/society has become the locus of values and valuing ... Still doesn't quite square with USA's way higher churchgoing rates though....
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