Field Guide to the Wild World of Religion: 2011 Edition

In 1955, America's religious landscape mirrored its conservative fashion and toy choices. Fast forward 50 years, and just as dresses with matching gloves gave way to tube tops, the once tame religious scene has evolved. Women's and children's changing tastes in clothing and toys reflect a broader transformation in society, including the diversification of religious beliefs and practices. Dive into the 21st-century's dynamic realm of religion with this Field Guide, exploring its varied landscapes, inhabitants, and customs.

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About the Author: Pamela Dewey
Pamela Dewey has a B.A., magna cum laude, in education, with graduate work in education, psychology, and social sciences, from Michigan State University. She has been doing research in the field of modern religious movements for over 25 years. Pam's popular Field Guide to the Wild World of Religion website at isitso.org has attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world who are looking for accurate information on a wide variety of religious groups, movements, teachers, and preachers. She maintains over a dozen websites and five blogs on a variety of educational and inspirational topics, and travels with her husband George throughout the year to present seminars at conferences around the country.
The American religious scene in 1955 was a very tame and predictable world. It matched the tame, predictable world of women's clothing, where most women going out shopping wore a dress with coordinating gloves, hat, and shoes. And it matched the tame, predictable world of children's toys, where almost every young girl yearned for a baby doll that said Ma-Ma, and almost every boy needed a coonskin cap. Choices of fashions, toys, preachers, and churches were limited and domesticated.

Fifty years later, the tame, predictable world of 1950s fashions and toys is long gone. Women go shopping in everything from sweatshirts and jeans to tube tops and short shorts. And both boys and girls want the latest Sponge Bob Square Pants video game. The same kind of transformation has gone on in the world of religion. It is no longer tame and predictable either.

Welcome to the Wild World of Religion of the 21st Century. Explore its habitats, identify some of the inhabitants, and learn about their characteristics and customs in this Field Guide.

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