After the Baby Boomers

How Twenty- and Thirty-Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion

Bibliographic Data

ID5707016
AuthorsDonald A Luidens (Hope College, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume52
Issue3
Pages594-596
Publication date2010-06-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Church and State (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-969X • E-ISSN: 2040-4867
PublisherOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/jcs/csq097
OpenAlexW2160021547
LanguageEN
Citations received12

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. 135)

Aesthetics · Art · Baby boomers · Christianity · Environmental ethics · Political science · Religious freedom · Sociology · Value (mathematics) · Gender Studies · Law · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies

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