Got religion? : how churches, mosques, and synagogues can bring young people back / / Naomi Schaefer Riley
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| Autore: |
Riley Naomi Schaefer
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| Titolo: |
Got religion? : how churches, mosques, and synagogues can bring young people back / / Naomi Schaefer Riley
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| Pubblicazione: | West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania : , : Templeton Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (178 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 306.843 |
| Soggetto topico: | Interfaith families - United States |
| Interfaith marriage - United States | |
| Religion - United States | |
| 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 |
| ISBN: | 1-59947-463-8 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823855203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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