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| June 10, 2002 |
Spiritual Marketplace
Wade Clark Roof
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Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion. In this book
Roof carefully considers the state of religion in the United States
since 1960, especially the implications of its having splintered into
so many different categories (meditation, magic, Bible study,
Buddhism, etc). He takes five different Baby Boomers and makes case
studies of their religious lives to illustrate the many different
kinds of paths people of this generation are taking, ultimately
dividing them into five subcultures: dogmatists, Born-again
Christians, mainstream believers, metaphysical believers and seekers,
and secularists. It surprised me to see myself fitting quite neatly
into the mainstream believer category, as I don't really think of
myself as mainstream anything, but I am a person from a fairly
straightforward religious background who is committed to following the
faith rituals of that tradition. Also like Roof's mainstream believer
I am eager to keep my faith vital and alive by being fluid within my
groundedness, opening myself to the wisdom of other religions and
seeking ways to make a difference in the world. How wonderful to be
reminded that I'm not so unique.
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