{"product_id":"9781541762527","title":"Strange Rites","description":"Author: Tara Isabella Burton\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781541762527\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 Jun 2022\u003cbr\u003ePages: 320 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eStrange Rites,\u003c\/i\u003e Tara Isabella Burton takes a tour through contemporary American religiosity. As the once dominant totems of civic connection and civil discourse--traditional churches--continue to sink into obsolescence, people are looking elsewhere for the intensity and unity that religion once provided. We're making our own personal faiths - theistic or not - mixing and matching our spiritual, ritualistic, personal, and political practices in order to create our own bespoke religious selves. We're not just building new religions in 2019, we're \u003ci\u003ebuying \u003c\/i\u003ethem, from Gwyneth Paltrow's gospel of Goop, to the brilliantly cultish SoulCycle, to those who believe in their special destiny on Mars.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn so doing, we're carrying on a longstanding American tradition of religious eclecticism, DIY-innovation and \"unchurched\" piety (and highly effective capitalism). Our era is not the dawn of American secularism, but rather a brand-bolstered resurgence of American pluralism, revved into overdrive by commerce and personalized algorithms, all to the tune of \"Hallellujah\"--America's most popular and spectacularly misunderstood wedding song.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46363227685022,"sku":"ADS-9781541762527","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781541762527.jpg?v=1767314011","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781541762527","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}