TY - BOOK AU - Riley,Naomi Schaefer TI - Got religion?: how churches, mosques, and synagogues can bring young people back SN - 9781599474632 AV - HQ1031 U1 - 306.84306.843 PY - 2014///] CY - West Conshohocken, PA PB - Templeton Press KW - Interfaith families KW - United States KW - Interfaith marriage KW - Young adults KW - Religious life KW - Spiritual life KW - Intermarriage KW - Familles mixtes KW - États-Unis KW - Mariage mixte KW - Jeunes adultes KW - Vie religieuse KW - Vie spirituelle KW - Mariage interreligieux KW - POLITICAL SCIENCE KW - Public Policy KW - Cultural Policy KW - bisacsh KW - SOCIAL SCIENCE KW - Anthropology KW - Cultural KW - Popular Culture KW - fast KW - sears KW - Youth KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Contents ; Preface ; Introduction ; 1. Location, Location, Location ; How the "Theology of Place" Is Plugging Young Adults Back into Their Communities and Their Churches ; 2. The All-American Mosque ; How Shedding Immigrant Ways Can Reshape Islam in the United States ; 3. Joining the Service ; How the Catholic Church Is Training a New Generation of Laypeople to Be Spiritual Leaders ; 4. What's NEXT? ; Channeling the Enthusiasm of Birthright Israel into a Permanent Jewish Commitment ; 5. A Ward of Their Own; How the Mormon Church Is Turning Twenty-Somethings into Community Leaders 6. When No One Needs Church Anymore, How Do You Make Them Want It? ; The Relevance of the Black Church in the Twenty-First Century ; 7. The End of Sheep Stealing ; How Churches Can Collaborate to Bring Twenty-Somethings Back into the Fold ; Conclusion ; Notes ; Acknowledgments ; Index N2 - 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. The traditional markers of growing up are getting married and becoming financially independent. But young adults are delaying these milestones, sometimes for a full decade longer thantheir parents and grandparents. This new phase of "emerging adulthood" is diminishing the involvement of young people in religious institutions, sapp UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=778921 ER -