<p>This in-depth survey provides a vivid overview of the religious world of the Baby Boomers. The authors worked with a national sample of persons confirmed in the Presbyterian Church, examining the religious faith of Baby Boomers and exploring the reasons they gave for leaving or staying in the church. The authors identify eight types of young adults--half of them churched and the other half unchurched. Their findings provide some unexpected results.</p>

Vanishing Boundaries: The Religion of Mainline Protestant Baby Boomers

History

Luidens, Donald A.

Hoge, Dean R.

Johnson, Benton

World

Westminster/John Knox Press

Rethinking Secularization: Reformed Reactions to Modernity (The Calvin Center Series)

Rethinking Secularization challenges the theme that modernity has led to secularization. Drawing on 16 case studies of the Reformed community around the globe, this volume shows that religious vitality at the personal level is often evident in the face of secularization on the national or denominational level. The sixteen articles consider aspects of the recent history of the Dutch Reformed community, both in the Netherlands and in diaspora. Sociologists, historians, and theologians have contributed to this multicultural analysis, which spans the globe from the Netherlands to South Africa, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States. Subjects under investigation range from "Christian" organizations (such as Pine Rest Christian Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo) to denominations in transition (such as the Amish, Mennonites, and Reformed responses to sabbatarian traditions) to broader theological trends (such as changing theological formulations in the wake of apartheid in South Africa).Contributors: Gerard Dekker, Lynn Winkels Japinga, Robert P. Swierenga, Dirk Th. Kuiper, Harry A. Van Belle, Dennis N. Voskuil, Bonganjalo Goba, Mark R. Mullins, Bradley G. Breems, Hijme C. Stoffels, Marthy P. Veerman, Hendrik J. C. Pieterse, Michael L. Yoder, James M. Penning, Corwin E. Smidt, Roger J. Nemeth, Donald A. Luidens, Richard E. Houskamp, and Roger R. Rice.

Religion & Spirituality

Dekker, Gerard

Rice, Rodger R.

Christian Books & Bibles

<p>Rethinking Secularization challenges the theme that modernity has led to secularization. Drawing on 16 case studies of the Reformed community around the globe, this volume shows that religious vitality at the personal level is often evident in the face of secularization on the national or denominational level. The sixteen articles consider aspects of the recent history of the Dutch Reformed community, both in the Netherlands and in diaspora. Sociologists, historians, and theologians have contributed to this multicultural analysis, which spans the globe from the Netherlands to South Africa, Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United States. Subjects under investigation range from 'Christian' organizations (such as Pine Rest Christian Hospital in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Meiji Gakuin University in Tokyo) to denominations in transition (such as the Amish, Mennonites, and Reformed responses to sabbatarian traditions) to broader theological trends (such as changing theological formulations in the wake of apartheid in South Africa). Contributors: Gerard Dekker, Lynn Winkels Japinga, Robert P. Swierenga, Dirk Th. Kuiper, Harry A. Van Belle, Dennis N. Voskuil, Bonganjalo Goba, Mark R. Mullins, Bradley G. Breems, Hijme C. Stoffels, Marthy P. Veerman, Hendrik J. C. Pieterse, Michael L. Yoder, James M. Penning, Corwin E. Smidt, Roger J. Nemeth, Donald A. Luidens, Richard E. Houskamp, and Roger R. Rice.</p>

University Press of America

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