LEADER 03442nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910454644603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-281-39723-7 010 $a9786611397234 010 $a0-8135-4426-2 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813544267 035 $a(CKB)1000000000535683 035 $a(EBL)348831 035 $a(OCoLC)476163945 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000155175 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11147247 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155175 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10121336 035 $a(PQKB)10528897 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC348831 035 $a(OCoLC)236080935 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8082 035 $a(DE-B1597)530010 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813544267 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL348831 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10231499 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL139723 035 $a(OCoLC)746504033 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000535683 100 $a20070525d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFinding faith$b[electronic resource] $ethe spiritual quest of the post-boomer generation /$fRichard Flory and Donald E. Miller 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (244 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8135-4272-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tChapter 1. Introduction --$tChapter 2. Innovators --$tChapter 3. Appropriators --$tChapter 4. Resisters --$tChapter 5. Reclaimers --$tChapter 6. Conclusion --$tNotes --$tReferences --$tIndex --$tAbout the Authors 330 $aDespite the masses still lining up to enter mega-churches with warehouse-like architecture, casually dressed clergy, and pop Christian music, the "Post-Boomer" generation-those ranging in age from twenty to forty-is having second thoughts. In this perceptive look at the evolving face of Christianity in contemporary culture, sociologists Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller argue that we are on the verge of another potential revolution in how Christians worship and associate with one another. Just as the formative experiences of Baby Boomers were colored by such things as the war in Vietnam, the 1960's, and a dramatic increase in their opportunities for individual expression, so Post-Boomers have grown up in less structured households with working (often divorced) parents. These childhood experiences leave them craving authentic spiritual experience, rather than entertainment, and also cause them to question institutions. Flory and Miller develop a typology that captures four current approaches to the Christian faith and argue that this generation represents a new religious orientation of "expressive communalism," in which they seek spiritual experience and fulfillment in community and through various expressive forms of spirituality, both private and public. 606 $aGeneration X$xReligious life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aGeneration X$xReligious life. 676 $a306.60973 700 $aFlory$b Richard W$0892118 701 $aMiller$b Donald E$g(Donald Earl),$f1946-$0108984 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454644603321 996 $aFinding faith$92486047 997 $aUNINA