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The Juvenilization of American Christianity

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The Juvenilization of American ChristianityPop 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

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.



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 04/20/2012
ISBN: 9780802866844
Pages: 281
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d
Award: Christianity Today Book Award - Award of Merit

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 04/09/2012 pg. 50
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