02123cam a2200313 a 4500 21077247 AUA.1 20151112163412.0 900126s1990 nyuc 000 0deng 89092573 0345331710 DLC DLC OCL EXN n-us--- EXNs [526056] 1 200/.973 20 BL 2525 .B476 1990 Berman, Phillip L. 40259 The search for meaning : Americans talk about what they believe and why / Phillip L. Berman. 1st ed. New York : Ballantine Books, 1990. xii, 451 p. : ports. ; 24 cm. Contents: Book One -- Knockin' bark off trees -- Problems of evil -- War -- The color line -- Outcasts -- Survivors -- Book Two -- Hedonic calculus -- Young folks -- The nihilist, the hooker, and the chessman -- Earthly delights -- The muse -- In the public eye -- Home on the range -- Book Three -- True believers -- Investments of faith -- Visiting spirits -- Men of the cloth -- Alternative altars -- Motherhood. "What do Americans, as a people, believe in? What are the experiences that have transformed our lives? How does faith--in God, in human goodness, in politics, progress, money, or pleasure--illuminate our actions? These are the questions that Phillip L. Berman, editor of The Courage of Conviction, asked when he set off on a four-year, 35,000-mile odyssey to chronical America's moral imagination. The result of his quest is The Search for Meaning. This engrossing and radiantly insightful book is the first and only oral history of the relilgious and philosophical belilefs of contemporary Americans." - Publisher's description Interviews United States. 40260 United States Religion 1960- 40261 lcc BOOK BL 2525 .B476 1990 11097 11097 0 0 lcc 0 0 Books AUA.1 AUA.1 GS 2014-02-05 Donation, Dr. Hans LaRondelle 10.00 AUA014052 BL 2525 .B476 1990 AUA014052 2014-02-05 00:00:00 10.00 2014-02-05 BOOK