| Searching for God in the Sixties Contributor(s): Williams, David R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1611493935 ISBN-13: 9781611493931 Publisher: University of Delaware Press OUR PRICE: $53.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Reference |
| Dewey: 277.308 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.05" W x 9" (0.96 lbs) 286 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This paradigm-breaking book dares to rethink the whole of the '60s experience, not from a political or sociological viewpoint but from an historical/theological perspective. Camille Paglia wrote that 'the spiritual history of the sixties has yet to be written.' This is that book. The book's chapters each correspond to a line in Emily Dickinson's poem 'Finding is the first act.' The parallel to Dickinson's experience in the psychic wilderness demonstrates just how much the experience of the '60s was part of an ongoing American story not an aberration. Though it seems contradictory, this book argues for an appreciation of the three '60s: 1960s, 1860s, 1660s, each a chapter of the religious core of the American story. |