When God shows up : a history of Protestant youth ministry in America /

Senter, Mark.

When God shows up : a history of Protestant youth ministry in America / Mark H. Senter III. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2010. - xviii, 363 p. ; 23 cm. - Youth, family, and culture series . - Youth, family, and culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1: Birth of youth ministry jazz : the context. Newsies : a survey of the diverse experiences of youth in America -- Rebel without a cause : the rise and fall of adolescence in America -- Bruce Almighty : a history of spirituality in youth ministry -- Whatever goes around comes around : the concept of cycles in history -- Part 2: Youth ministry jazz : the period of associations (1824-75). Tom Sawyer and the British invasion : the period of associations (1824-75) -- Cadets of temperance : structuring youth societies -- Gangs of New York : the setting for modern youth ministry -- Part 3: Sheet music jazz : the period of youth societies (1881-1925). Trouble in River City : the period of youth societies (1881-1925) -- Saturday night in River City : denominational youth societies (1889-1935) -- Part 4: Modern jazz : the period of the relational outreach (1933-89) -- The great Gatsby : youth fellowships in mainline denominational youth ministry (1936-65) -- Grease : parachurch club programs (1933-89) -- Pleasantville : the evangelical church discovers teenagers (1933-89) -- Friday night lights : the youth rally era (1938-67) -- Part 5: Jazz fusion : combining old and new (1990 and beyond). Into the woods : reinventing youth ministry -- Mr. Holland's opus : the legacy of youth ministry.

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Church work with youth--Protestant churches--History.
Church work with youth--History.--United States

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