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Juvenilization of American Christianity

Thomas Bergler
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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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Thomas Bergler EAN: 9780802866844 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 386 g HEIGHT: 222 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-04-20 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Youth WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, Christianity

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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.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Thomas Bergler EAN: 9780802866844 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 386 g HEIGHT: 222 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-04-20 CITY: GENRE: RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Church / History, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Youth WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      United States of America, USA, Christianity

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