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Juvenilization of American Christianity
Thomas Bergler
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.
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312 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 20, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9780802866844 |
| Publishers | William B Eerdmans Publishing Co |
| Pages | 281 |
| Dimensions | 228 × 151 × 19 mm · 408 g |
| Language | English |
