When God shows up
Subtitle: a history of Protestant youth ministry in America
By: Mark H. Senter III.
Series: Youth, family, and culture
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, MI
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780801035906
Subjects: Church work with youth -- Protestant churches -- History; Church work with youth -- United States -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Birth of youth ministry jazz : the context; title: Newsies : a survey of the diverse experiences of youth in America; title: Rebel without a cause : the rise and fall of adolescence in America; title: Bruce Almighty : a history of spirituality in youth ministry; title: Whatever goes around comes around : the concept of cycles in history; title: Part II: Youth ministry jazz : the period of associations (1824/75); title: Tom Sawyer and the British invasion : the period of associations (1824/75); title: Cadets of temperance : structuring youth societies; title: Gangs of New York : the setting for modern youth ministry; title: Part III: Sheet music jazz : the period of youth societies (1881/1925); title: Trouble in River City : the period of youth societies (1881/1925); title: Saturday night in River City : denominational youth societies (1889/1935); title: Part IV: Modern jazz : the period of the relational outreach (1933/89); title: The Great Gatsby : youth fellowships in mainline denominational youth ministry (1936/65); title: Grease : Parachurch Club Programs (1933/89); title: Pleasantville : the Evangelical Church discovers teenagers (1933/89); title: FridayNight Lights : the youth rally era (1938/67); title: Part V: Jazz fusion : combining old and new (1990 and beyond); title: Into the woods : reinventing youth ministry; title: Mr. Holland's Opus : the legacy of youth ministry.