After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion
, Wanted: Religion 4 tinkerers. Must have bits & pieces of historic Christianity + flotsam of other faiths, jetsam of demography, pop culture. Bricoleurs standing by., Wuthnow addresses his analysis to two audiences, “religious leaders” and students of contemporary religion in America. The forme...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2010
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A journal of church and state
Year: 2010, Volume: 52, Issue: 3, Pages: 594-596 |
| Review of: | After the baby boomers (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007) (Luidens, Donald A.)
After the Baby Boomers (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007) (Luidens, Donald A.) After the Baby Boomers (Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2007) (Luidens, Donald A.) After the baby boomers (Princeton, N.J. [u.a.] : Princeton Univ. Pr., 2007) (Luidens, Donald A.) |
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| Summary: | , Wanted: Religion 4 tinkerers. Must have bits & pieces of historic Christianity + flotsam of other faiths, jetsam of demography, pop culture. Bricoleurs standing by., Wuthnow addresses his analysis to two audiences, “religious leaders” and students of contemporary religion in America. The former is not far from his thoughts as he speaks to them in countless asides, such as this one: , It is sometimes argued that religious leaders who succeed in controlling the choices of their followers are likely to be most successful in building their congregations. Yet if all religious leaders follow that strategy, it would surely backfire. Choice is so much of our culture that many young adults value the freedom to make choices without the guiding hand of religious leaders. (p. |
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| ISSN: | 2040-4867 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: A journal of church and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jcs/csq097 |