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by 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.

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  • Title The Juvenilization of American Christianity
  • Author Thomas Bergler
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition EXCELLENT READER
  • Pages 291
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grand Rapids, MI
  • Date 2012-04-20
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780802866844 / 0802866840
  • Weight 0.88 lbs (0.40 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.9 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Religious Orientation: Christian
  • Library of Congress subjects Christianity and culture - United States, Christianity - United States - 21st century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2011049264
  • Dewey Decimal Code 277.308

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