> Sociologists have talked about the “privatisation” of faith in the west, a shift from unified religions towards people concocting their own versions of spirit

> Sociologists have talked about the “privatisation” of faith in the west, a shift from unified religions towards people concocting their own versions of spirituality in the same way they assemble their wardrobes. It has been lamented as an antisocial byproduct of too much individualism. I never really got why this is supposed to be a bad thing, except for powerful people that set the dogmas of religions.