Selfation : Dutch Evangelical youth between subjectivization and subjection / Johan Roeland.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roeland, Johan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evangelicalism--Netherlands.

Evangelicalism.

Youth--Religious life--Netherlands.

Youth.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The once taken-for-granted notion of religion's inevitable decline in Northwestern Europe is increasingly contested. Instead of gradually disappearing, religion seems to become more subjective, personal and informed by private experience. This book addresses the merits of this influential understanding of religious changes, qualitative in-depth study of evangelicalism among Dutch youngsters, one of the most popular renditions of Christianity in the Netherlands. Guiding the reader through the settings and communities in which evangelical youngsters nourish their faith, it critically discusses t

Contents:

Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CH. 1: SETTING THE STAGE; CH. 2: THE EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS; CH. 3: ON SUBJECTIVIZATION; CH. 4: STUDYING RELIGIOUS SUBJECTIVIZATION; CH. 5: YOUNGSTERS AND THE RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION; CH. 6: OBJECTIFYING GOD: ON SIGNIFICATION (I); CH. 7: THE EVANGELICAL PRACTICE OF RELIGIOUS MEDIATION: ON SIGNIFICATION (II); CH. 8: THE EVANGELICAL MORAL ETHOS; CH. 9: SELFATION: CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION; REFERENCES; APPENDICES; NEDERLANDSE SAMENVATTING

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's Ph.D Thesis from the University of Amsterdam.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-45369-6

9786612453694

90-485-1122-4

OCLC:

609851394