Metrospirituals and Bubbaspirituals

Regarding our recent discussion of the Metrospirituals among us, BeliefNet has posted a chart of how you can differentiate the Metrospiritual from the non-metrospiritual. In the interests of opening up these “New Spiritualities” to the rest of us who live in Flyover Country, I proposed the term Bubbaspiritual. I have added Bubbaspiritual qualities to BeliefNet’s chart so we can all see where we stand.

Metrospiritual*	Not Metrospiritual*	Bubbaspritual
Wu wei	Feng shui	Church on Sunday
Indian yogi	Personal trainer	Bartender
Blue Hill/ localized cuisine	Jonathan Waxman/ nouvelle cuisine	Stubb's/ barbecued cusine
Machu Picchu	Prague	Vegas
Organic wine	Beaujolais Nouveau	Coors
Angelina Jolie	Demi Moore	Shania Twain
Home altar	Sweat lodge	Bible in the bathroom
Surfing	Golf	Deer Hunting
Lexus or Toyota hybrid	Hummer	F150
Wellbutrin	Prozac	Coors
Whole Foods	Ben & Jerry's	Stop'n Go
Anthropologie	Pottery Barn	WalMart
Tea salons	Espresso bars	Honkytonk
Ayurvedic therapies	Shiatsu massage	Coors
Knitting	Journaling	Monday Night Football

* BeliefNet categories