{"product_id":"disenchanted-lives-1","title":"Disenchanted Lives","description":"\u003cdiv\u003eThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormons), often heralded as the fastest growing religion in American history, is facing a crisis of apostasy. Rather than strengthening their faith, the study of church history and scriptures by many members pushes them away from Mormonism and into a growing community of secular ex-Mormons. In \u003ci\u003eDisenchanted Lives\u003c\/i\u003e, E. Marshall Brooks provides an intimate, in-depth ethnography of religious disenchantment among ex-Mormons in Utah. Showing that former church members were once deeply embedded in their religious life, Brooks argues that disenchantment unfolds as a struggle to overcome the spiritual, social, and ideological devotion ex-Mormons had to the religious community and not out of a lack of dedication as prominently portrayed in religious and scholarly writing on apostasy.  \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Brooks, E. Marshall","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574330327222,"sku":"9780813592206","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780813592206.jpg?v=1729847946","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/disenchanted-lives-1","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}