When God shows up
Subtitle: a history of Protestant youth ministry in America
By: Mark H. Senter III
Series: Youth, family, and culture series; Youth, family, and culture
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Grand Rapids, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
ISBN-13: 9780801035906
Description: xviii, 363 p. ; 23 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1: Birth of youth ministry jazz : the context. 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 2: Youth ministry jazz : the period of associations (1824-75). 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 3: Sheet music jazz : the period of youth societies (1881-1925). Trouble in River City : the period of youth societies (1881-1925); title: Saturday night in River City : denominational youth societies (1889-1935); title: Part 4: 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: Friday night lights : the youth rally era (1938-67); title: Part 5: Jazz fusion : combining old and new (1990 and beyond). Into the woods : reinventing youth ministry; title: Mr. Holland's opus : the legacy of youth ministry.