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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464308403321

Autore

Riley Naomi Schaefer

Titolo

Got religion? : how churches, mosques, and synagogues can bring young people back / / Naomi Schaefer Riley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-59947-463-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (178 p.)

Disciplina

306.843

Soggetti

Interfaith families - United States

Interfaith marriage - United States

Religion - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; 1. Location, Location, Location; How the "Theology of Place" Is Plugging Young Adults Back into Their Communities and Their Churches; 2. The All-AmericanMosque; How Shedding Immigrant Ways Can Reshape Islam in the United States; 3. Joining the Service; How the Catholic Church Is Training a New Generation of Laypeople to Be Spiritual Leaders; 4. What's NEXT?; Channeling the Enthusiasm of Birthright Israel into a Permanent Jewish Commitment; 5. A Ward of Their Own; How the Mormon Church Is Turning Twenty-Somethings into Community Leaders

6. When No One Needs Church Anymore,How Do You Make Them Want It?The Relevance of the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century; 7. The End of Sheep Stealing; How Churches Can Collaborate to Bring Twenty-Somethings Back into the Fold; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Why are young people dropping out of religious institutions? Can anything be done to reverse the trend? In Got Religion?, Naomi Schaefer Riley examines the reasons for the defection, why we should care, and how some communities are successfully addressing the problem.The



traditional markers of growing up are getting married and becoming financially independent. But young adults are delaying these milestones, sometimes for a full decade longer thantheir parents and grandparents. This new phase of "emerging adulthood" is diminishing the involvement of young people in reli