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Introduction: The Spiritual Malaise of Our Time

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The authors argue that rather than being viewed as a problem to be managed by the state, religion can instead be viewed as a cultural and public resource. From this point of view, religious ideas can lend themselves to the creation of solutions to some of our most pressing social and environmental problems including sky rocketing rates of depression, anxiety and addictive behaviour.

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    http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rise-in-new-city-churches-bucks-secular-trend-1.2486024.

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    See Duke University Center for Spirituality, Theology and Health website for a list of current research: http://www.spiritualityandhealth.duke.edu/.

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    http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/multiculturalism/citizenship.asp.

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  1. Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada

    Gillian McCann

  2. Vidya Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Gitte Bechsgaard

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McCann, G., Bechsgaard, G. (2017). Introduction: The Spiritual Malaise of Our Time. In: The Sacred in Exile. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66499-6_1

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