Despite the masses still lining up to enter mega-churches with ware-house-like architecture, casually dressed clergy, and pop Christian music, the "Post-Boomer" generation - those ranging in age from twenty to forty - is having second thoughts. In this perceptive look at the evolving face of Christianity in contemporary culture, sociologists Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller argue that we are on ...
+ Great and Informative Read + Another excellent work!
After reading Smith and Denton's book, Soul Searching, with its great statistics on teens and faith, I wanted a book that was similar with information on young adults. I needed facts, not feelings, and this book offers that. I find it fascinating and easy reading, though I must admit I don't study ...
Part history, part ethnography, part economic analysis - this is a rare book about American religion amidst changing race relations, advanced capitalism, and evangelicalism. Marti shows himself in this book to be a sociologist with keen insight to where Christianity has been in the past 100 years ...
this book rocks. i've read alot of books about gen x and religion. this is among the best. i'd place it beside strauss and howe's "13th generation" as a seminal gen x work. unlike many books by postmodern guru types, that offer anecdotal (and often inaccurate) quips about gen x, this book was ...
+ Insights into Diversity and Mosaic + Book Reviews--Christian Century---CHOICE--Journal Scientific Study Religion--Sociology of Religion Quarterly + Beyond conventional labels for religious believers + Church, Culture, and Society
Part history, part ethnography, part economic analysis - this is a rare book about American religion amidst changing race relations, advanced capitalism, and evangelicalism. Marti shows himself in this book to be a sociologist with keen insight to where Christianity has been in the past 100 years ...
this book rocks. i've read alot of books about gen x and religion. this is among the best. i'd place it beside strauss and howe's "13th generation" as a seminal gen x work. unlike many books by postmodern guru types, that offer anecdotal (and often inaccurate) quips about gen x, this book was ...
Despite the masses still lining up to enter mega-churches with ware-house-like architecture, casually dressed clergy, and pop Christian music, the "Post-Boomer" generation - those ranging in age from twenty to forty - is having second thoughts. In this perceptive look at the evolving face of Christianity in contemporary culture, sociologists Richard Flory and Donald E. Miller argue that we are on ...
+ Great and Informative Read + Another excellent work!
After reading Smith and Denton's book, Soul Searching, with its great statistics on teens and faith, I wanted a book that was similar with information on young adults. I needed facts, not feelings, and this book offers that. I find it fascinating and easy reading, though I must admit I don't study ...
+ Insights into Diversity and Mosaic + Book Reviews--Christian Century---CHOICE--Journal Scientific Study Religion--Sociology of Religion Quarterly + Beyond conventional labels for religious believers + Church, Culture, and Society
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