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



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Autore: Riley Naomi Schaefer Visualizza persona
Titolo: Got religion? : how churches, mosques, and synagogues can bring young people back / / Naomi Schaefer Riley Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , 2014
©2014
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (178 p.)
Disciplina: 306.843
Soggetto topico: Interfaith families - United States
Interfaith marriage - United States
Religion - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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
Titolo autorizzato: Got religion  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-59947-463-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464308403321
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