 | Robert Neelly Bellah - Philosophy - 1985 - 384 pages
...is a young nurse who has received a good deal of therapy and who describes her faith as "Sheilaism." "I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." Sheila's faith has some tenets beyond belief in God, though not many. In defining "my own Sheilaism,"... | |
 | Wade Clark Roof, William McKinney - Literary Criticism - 1987 - 304 pages
...experience and views on religion. Speaking about her own faith and how it operates in her life, she says: "I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." 3 Hers is a deeply personal faith involving belief in God, though not much else of a traditional... | |
 | Norman Bales - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 364 pages
...woman named Sheilah. She said, "I believe in God. I can't remember the last time I went to church. But my faith has carried me a long way. It's 'Sheilaism.' Just my own little voice."3 Many people in today's world have their own version of Sheila-ism. Ken Durham offers an assessment... | |
 | Milton J. Coalter, John M. Mulder, Louis Weeks - Religion - 1992 - 356 pages
...radically individualistic understanding of religion in Sheila Larson. During her interview she declared: "I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." She described her ethic as follows: "It's just try to love yourself and be gentle with yourself.... | |
 | Patrick H. McNamara - Religion - 1992 - 244 pages
...interviewed who described her personal faith as "Sheilaism." Affirming her belief in God, she added, "I can't remember the last time I went to church. My faith has carried me a long way. Its Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." 7 Bellah and colleagues discovered that their mobile middle-class... | |
 | James DiGiacomo - Philosophy - 1993 - 164 pages
...find a kindred spirit in Sheila, a young woman who has named her religion after herself. She says: "I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." Like her, [t]he students enrolled in our schools . . . nearly all believe in God. They avoid... | |
 | Jackson W. Carroll, Wade Clark Roof - Religion - 1993 - 372 pages
...in Habits of the Heart (Bellah et al. 1985, 221), who defined her private religion as "Sheilaism": "I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." In addition to the "nones," there is a considerably larger number of persons who express a... | |
 | William E. Paden - Religion - 1994 - 212 pages
...a young nurse who has received a good deal of therapy and who describes her faith as "Sheilaism. " "I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." Sheila's faith has some tenets beyond belief in God, though not many. In defining "my own Sheilaism,"... | |
 | José Casanova - Political Science - 1994 - 340 pages
...one of the people they interviewed actually named her own "faith" after herself, "my own Sheilaism": "I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." The interviewers add, "This suggests the logical possibility of over 220 million American religions,... | |
 | E. Digby (Edward Digby) Baltzell - Social Science - 1994 - 330 pages
...nurse who describes her religious faith as "Sheilaism." "I believe in God," she tells the recorder. "I'm not a religious fanatic. I can't remember the...me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice." To have met Sheila is worth the whole book! To get back to causes and consequences: "How,"... | |
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I believe in God. I'm not a religious fanatic. I can't remember the last time I went to church. My faith has carried me a long way. It's Sheilaism. Just my own little voice. 
