Counterculture and Mission
Jews for Jesus and the Vietnam Era Missionary Campaigns, 1970-1975
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4517539 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yaakov Ariel (0009-0000-5932-4999, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1999 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 233-257 |
| Publication date | 1999-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and American Culture A Journal of Interpretation (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1052-1151 • E-ISSN: 1533-8568 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1525/rac.1999.9.2.03a00050 |
| OpenAlex | W4254480927 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 6 |
In the early 1970's, Americans noticed a striking group of people: young men and women who stood in crowded city areas, wearing T-shirts with the motto "Jews for Jesus" and distributing leaflets calling upon Jews to embrace Jesus as their savior. These people made such a strong impression and attracted so much attention that, in the eyes of many, Jews for Jesus became associated with all attempts to evangelize Jews in America, as well as becoming one of the better known groups among the Jesus Movement. Directing its attention to members of the new counterculture and adapting to the young people's style and manners, Jews for Jesus differed sharply from evangelizing organizations of the earlier period. Whereas the older generation of missionaries strictly adhered to mid-century norms of conservative evangelical propriety, the new organization believed that its more daring approach would prove more effective with the younger generation and would eventually gain evangelical approval
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Counterculture · Literature · Sociology · Theology · American Political and Social Dynamics · Communism, Protests, Social Movements · History · Philosophy · Race, History, and American Society · Religious studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2018 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |