{"product_id":"the-fifties-spiritual-marketplace-american-religion-in-a-decade-of-conflict-9780813523460","title":"The Fifties Spiritual Marketplace: American Religion in a Decade of Conflict","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you still hold the notion that the fifties were the \"good old days \" blessed with incomparable social affluence and widespread family unity  all buttressed by a strong  unconflicted spirituality  then look again. In this compelling narrative of religion in a decade still embraced by an indefatigable nostalgia  Robert Ellwood interrogates the notion of the fifties as an era of normalcy  and proves it to be full of spiritual strife.  A companion to his Sixties Spiritual Awakening  Ellwood explores the major Catholic-Protestant tensions of the decade  the conflict between theology and popular faith  and the underground forms of fifties religiosity like \"Beat\" Zen  UFO contactees  Thomas Merton monasticism  and the Joseph Campbell \/ Carl Jung revival of mythology. Ellwood frames his detailed and lively account with the provocative idea of the fifties as a \"supply-side\" free enterprise spiritual marketplace  with heady competition between religious groups and leaders  and with church attendance at a record high.  In addition to challenging an idealistic fifties cultural milieu  the book analyzes American religious responses to key historical events like the Korean War  McCarthyism  and the civil rights movement  turning a religious lens on the cultural history of the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45651875135541,"sku":"ByrdShop_081352346X","price":242.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780813523460.jpg?v=1781843453","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-fifties-spiritual-marketplace-american-religion-in-a-decade-of-conflict-9780813523460","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}