The Divine Supermarket: Travels in Search of the Soul of America

Traveling in a battered camping van, Malise Ruthven set out across America in search of the manifestations — often bizarre and sometimes terrifying — of its religious spirit. The journey took him from the dark woods of Puritan New England to neo-Nazi cults in the Rockies; from Mormons and snake handlers to fundamentalist groups who challenge the teaching of evolution; from channelers in California to the sexual and financial scandals surrounding millionaire TV preachers. The Divine Supermarket is his quirky and brilliantly-observed account of the journey, offering illuminating and humorous insights into the baffling soul of modern America.

• Author
• Malise Ruthven

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 336

• Publisher
• Tauris Parke Paperbacks

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781780760223

• Genres
• religion

• Release date
• 2012