03268nam 2200637 450 991082385520332120230803202446.01-59947-463-8(CKB)3710000000111901(EBL)1689432(SSID)ssj0001305671(PQKBManifestationID)11691970(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001305671(PQKBWorkID)11256380(PQKB)10776990(MiAaPQ)EBC1689432(MiAaPQ)EBC6232972(Au-PeEL)EBL1689432(CaPaEBR)ebr10873471(CaONFJC)MIL611539(OCoLC)879948664(MiAaPQ)EBC30753325(Au-PeEL)EBL30753325(EXLCZ)99371000000011190120140531h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrGot religion? how churches, mosques, and synagogues can bring young people back /Naomi Schaefer Riley1st ed.West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania :Templeton Press,2014.©20141 online resource (178 p.)Includes index.1-59947-391-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Leaders6. 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; IndexWhy 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 reliInterfaith familiesUnited StatesInterfaith marriageUnited StatesReligionUnited StatesInterfaith familiesInterfaith marriageReligion306.843Riley Naomi Schaefer1650600MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910823855203321Got religion4066708UNINA