a history of Protestant youth ministry in America Senter, Mark. creator text xxu Grand Rapids, Mich Baker Academic c2010 monographic eng

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xviii, 363 p. ; 23 cm. 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. Mark H. Senter III. Includes bibliographical references and index. Church work with youth Protestant churches History Church work with youth United States History BV4447 .S46 2010 9780801035906 (pbk.) 0801035902 (pbk.) 2009047802 150629 20150629171035.0