{"product_id":"the-juvenilization-of-american-christianity-thomas-bergler-9780802866844","title":"Juvenilization of American Christianity","description":"Pop worship music. Falling in love with Jesus. Mission trips. Wearing jeans and T-shirts to church. Spiritual searching and church hopping. Faith-based political activism. Seeker-sensitive outreach. These now-commonplace elements of American church life all began as innovative ways to reach young people, yet they have gradually become accepted as important parts of a spiritual ideal for all ages. What on earth has happened? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In The \u003ci\u003eJuvenilization of American Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e Thomas Bergler traces the way in which, over seventy-five years, youth ministries have breathed new vitality into four major American church traditions -- African American, Evangelical, Mainline Protestant, and Roman Catholic. Bergler shows too how this \"juvenilization\" of churches has led to widespread spiritual immaturity, consumerism, and self-centeredness, popularizing a feel-good faith with neither intergenerational community nor theological literacy. Bergler's critique further offers constructive suggestions for taming juvenilization. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas E. Bergler\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802866840\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802866844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Christianity Today Book Award - Award of Merit\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/09\/2012 pg. 50","brand":"Thomas E. Bergler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981244006655,"sku":"9780802866844","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1d89db3f-b384-4a28-b02c-7fe705a2d297.jpg?v=1683254450","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-juvenilization-of-american-christianity-thomas-bergler-9780802866844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}