Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Northwest

Patricia O'Connell Killen is a professor of religion at Pacific Lutheran University. Mark Silk is the founding director of the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and adjunct associate professor of religion at Trinity College.

• 1 Surveying the Landscape: Historic Trends and Current Patterns in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska 2 Secular but Spiritual in the Pacific Northwest 3 Contesting for the Soul of an Unlikely Land: Mainline Protestants, Catholics, and Jews in the Pacific Northwest 4 The Churching of the Pacific Northwest: The Rise of Sectarian Entrepreneurs: 5 Religions of the Pacific Rim in the Pacific Northwest 6 Religious Futures in the None Zone

This fascinating collection of essays belongs on the shelf of anyone who hopes to understand the changing role that religion has played in creating the social world of the Pacific Northwest.