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

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Riley, Naomi Schaefer
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How churches, mosques, and synagogues can bring young people back
Published
West Conshohocken, PA : Templeton Press, [2014]
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1 online resource (178 pages)
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English.
Contents
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-American Mosque ; 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. and 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.
Summary
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 religious institutions, sapp.
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ISBN
9781599474632 (electronic bk.)
1599474638 (electronic bk.)
9781599473918
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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