Strange Rites: New Religions for a Godless World

A sparklingly strange odyssey through the kaleidoscope of America's new spirituality: the cults, practices, high priests and prophets of our supposedly post-religion age.


Fifty-five years have passed since the cover of Time magazine proclaimed the death of God and while participation in mainstream religion has indeed plummeted, Americans have never been more spiritually busy.



While rejecting traditional worship in unprecedented numbers, today's Americans are embracing a kaleidoscopic panoply ...