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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Thomas E Bergler |
| ISBN: | 9780802866844 0802866840 |
| OCLC Number: | 758387392 |
| Description: | x, 281 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: we're all adolescents now -- Youth, Christianity, and the crisis of civilization -- Misreading the signs of the times: from political youth to trivial teenagers -- Social prophets or silent generation?: the failed juvenilization of liberal Protestantism -- The Black church and the juvenilization of Christian political activism -- Why everyone wanted to get out of the Catholic ghetto -- How to have fun, be popular, and save the world at the same time -- Youth, Christianity, and the 1960s apocalypse -- The triumph and taming of juvenilization. |
| Responsibility: | Thomas E. Bergler. |
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Larry Eskridge -- Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals, Wheaton College"One of the key themes within the American church since the 1930s -- and particularly since the 1960s -- has been the change in how congregations approach youth ministry and youth culture. The Juvenilization of Christianity by Thomas Bergler explores the wide-ranging ramifications of this revolution across the denominational spectrum, examining not only its impact upon young people but also the larger implications -- positive and negative -- for the entire church. Anyone really trying to understand the dynamics of American Christianity must read this book." George Marsdens -- University of Notre Dame"The Juvenilization of American Christianity provides a fine history of one of the most significant revolutions in twentieth-century Christianity. . . . Anyone concerned with the church and its ministries can learn from reading this book and reflecting on the changes that Bergler describes." Rebecca de Schweinitz -- author of If We Could Change the Word: Young People and America's Long Struggle for Racial Equality "In exploring previously unexamined relationships between youth, politics, culture, and Christian traditions, Bergler greatly enriches our understanding of Christian youth programs and American religious history." Publishers Weekly "A fascinating exploration o the places where Christianity and youth culture have intersected. . . . Will certainly be provocative both for the casual reader and for clergy, who may also appreciate the book's practical suggestions toward a solution." Walt Mueller -- Center for Parent/Youth Understanding"Juvenilization is a long-overdue call to question our means, methods, and message. . . . Bergler shakes us awake and helps us see what's really happening in our youth ministries and churches." Read more...
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- Christianity and culture -- United States.
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