Finding faith [[electronic resource] ] : the spiritual quest of the post-boomer generation / / Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller
(Visualizza in formato marc)
(Visualizza in BIBFRAME)
| Autore: |
Flory Richard W
|
| Titolo: |
Finding faith [[electronic resource] ] : the spiritual quest of the post-boomer generation / / Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller
|
| Pubblicazione: | New Brunswick, N.J., : Rutgers University Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (244 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.60973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Generation X - Religious life |
| Altri autori: |
MillerDonald E <1946-> (Donald Earl)
|
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Innovators -- Chapter 3. Appropriators -- Chapter 4. Resisters -- Chapter 5. Reclaimers -- Chapter 6. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Authors |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Despite 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Finding faith |
| ISBN: | 1-281-39723-7 |
| 9786611397234 | |
| 0-8135-4426-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782293703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |