The Juvenilization of American Christianity
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| Management number | 231948114 | Release Date | 2026/06/18 | List Price | US$7.58 | Model Number | 231948114 | ||
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Pop worship music. Falling in love with Jesus. Mission trips. Wearing jeans and T-shirts to church. Spiritual searching and church hopping. Faith-based political activism. Seeker-sensitive outreach. These now-commonplace elements of American church life all began as innovative ways to reach young people, yet they have gradually become accepted as important parts of a spiritual ideal for all ages. What on earth has happened? In The Juvenilization of American Christianity Thomas Bergler traces the way in which, over seventy-five years, youth ministries have breathed new vitality into four major American church traditions -- African American, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic. Bergler shows too how this "juvenilization" of churches has led to widespread spiritual immaturity, consumerism, and self-centeredness, popularizing a feel-good faith with neither intergenerational community nor theological literacy. Bergler’s critique further offers constructive suggestions for taming juvenilization. Read more
| ISBN10 | 0802866840 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-0802866844 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.73 x 9 inches |
| Item Weight | 13.6 ounces |
| Print length | 291 pages |
| Publication date | April 20, 2012 |
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