"The Cascadia bioregion-- British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon-- has long been at the forefront of cultural shifts occurring throughout North America, in particular regarding religious institutions, ideas, and practices. Religion at the Edge explores the rise of religious "nones," the decline of mainstream Christian denominations, spiritual and environmental innovation, increasing religious pluralism, and the growth of smaller, more traditional faith groups. The first research-driven book to address religion, spirituality, and irreligion in the Pacific Northwest, Religion at the Edge expands our understanding of the nature, scale, and implications of socioreligious changes in North America, and the relevance of regionalism to that discussion."-- Provided by publisher

Essays, Irreligion, Irreligion Northwest, Pacific, Irréligion Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord), Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord) Religion, Northwest Coast of North America Religion, Northwest, Pacific Religion, Pacific Northwest, Religion, Spiritualité Nord-Ouest, Côte (Amérique du Nord), Spirituality, Spirituality Northwest, Pacific

Introduction: Religion, Spirituality, and Irreligion in The Best Place on Earth / Paul Bramadat1 Reverential Naturalism: From the Fancy to the Sublime / Paul Bramadat2 On Religion, Irreligion, and Settler Colonialism in the Pacific Northwest: A Snapshot from the Field / Chelsea Horton3 Border Crossings: Indigenous Spirituality and Culture in Cascadia / Suzanne Crawford O’Brien4 But People Tend to Go the Way Their Families Go: Irreligion across the Generations in the Pacific Northwest / Tina Block and Lynne Marks5 Second to None: Religious Nonaffiliation in the Pacific Northwest / Sarah Wilkins-Laflamme6 From Outlier to Advance Guard: Cascadia in Its North American Context / Mark Silk7 Questing for Home: Place, Spirit, and Religious Community in the Pacific Northwest / Patricia O’Connell Killen8 The Precarious Nature of Cascadia’s Protestants: New Strategies for Evangelical and Liberal Christians in the Region / James K. Wellman Jr. and Katie E. Corcoran9 Evangelicals in the Pacific Northwest: Navigating the “None Zone” / Michael Wilkinson10 “To Be or Not to Be” Religious: Minority Religions in a Region of Nones / Rachel D. Brown11 Everything Old is New Again: Reverential Naturalism in Cascadian Poetry / Susanna Morrill12 Conclusion: Religion at the Edge of the Continent / Paul Bramadat and Patricia O’Connell KillenList of Contributors; Index