Naomi Schaefer Riley

Got Religion?

How Churches, Mosques, and Synagogues Can Bring Young People Back

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Templeton Press
• First Edition, First edition
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 211mm x 134mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 220g
• ISBN-13: 9781599474977
• ISBN-10: 1599474972
• Artikelnr.: 43021552

Autorenporträt

Naomi Schaefer Riley is a weekly columnist for the New York Post and a former Wall Street Journal editor. She is the author of Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage Is Transforming America, God on the Quad, and The Faculty Lounges. She lives with her husband, Jason, and their three children in suburban New York City.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface / vii
Introduction / 1
Location, Location, Location:
How the Theology of Place Is Plugging Young Adults back into Their
Communities and Their Churches / 17
The All-American Mosque:
How Shedding Immigrant Ways Can Reshape Islam in the United States / 35
Joining the Service:
How the Catholic Church Is Training a New Generation of Laypeople to Be
Spiritual Leaders / 55
What's NEXT?
Channeling the Enthusiasm of Birthright Israel into a Permanent Jewish
Commitment / 73
A Ward of Their Own:
How the Mormon Church Is Turning Twenty-Somethings into Community Leaders
/ 91
When No One Needs Church Anymore, How Do You Make Them Want It?
The Relevance of the Black Church in the Twenty- First Century / 107
The End of Sheep Stealing:
How Churches Can Collaborate to Bring Twenty-Somethings Back into the Fold
/ 123
Conclusion / 139
Notes / 155
Index / 157