Description
This book argues that people outside of formal religious groups seek spiritual meaning through alternative communities.
Through ethnographic research of one such community of artists, the book illustrates how this community, largely unaffiliated with traditional religion but who are “spiritual but not religious,” use both the community connection and technologies like Facebook and blogs to pursue spirituality, often replacing the role of a more traditional religious group. The book argues that these non-ecclesial groups are practicing legitimate spiritual seeking and that they should be understood missiologically as valid spiritual expressions.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 – Introduction
Chapter 2 – The Colony and my Involvement
Chapter 3 – Culture Change Necessitates Church Change
Chapter 4 – Deconversion, Nones, and SBNR
Chapter 5 – Spirituality vs Religion
Chapter 6 – Technological Existence and Subsistence
Chapter 7 – Theology from the Ground Up
Chapter 8 – The Theology of the Colony
Chapter 9 – Replacement of Religions with Alternative Community
Chapter 10 – Conclusion – Experimental Model of Spiritual Exploration
Appendix A
References
Chapter 2 – The Colony and my Involvement
Chapter 3 – Culture Change Necessitates Church Change
Chapter 4 – Deconversion, Nones, and SBNR
Chapter 5 – Spirituality vs Religion
Chapter 6 – Technological Existence and Subsistence
Chapter 7 – Theology from the Ground Up
Chapter 8 – The Theology of the Colony
Chapter 9 – Replacement of Religions with Alternative Community
Chapter 10 – Conclusion – Experimental Model of Spiritual Exploration
Appendix A
References
Product details
| Published | 12 Nov 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9798765159316 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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