Thomas Bergler

Thomas E. Bergler is Professor of Christian Thought at Huntington University, Indiana. His book The Juvenilization of American Christianity won Christianity Today's 2013 award for best book in church and pastoral leadership.

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2021

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Dec 2021

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Theology · 2021 Summer EditionOvercoming the Juvenilization of American Christianity

Bergler's earlier book diagnosed how American churches absorbed the values of adolescence; this follow-up asks what maturity looks like and how congregations get there. Offered as an introduction to From…

December 22, 2021

Theology · 2021 Summer EditionThe Juvenilization of American Christianity

Presbyterians prize mature leadership, but American Christianity has spent seven decades absorbing the values of adolescence. Bergler summarizes his award-winning book on how youth ministry shaped the wider church and…

October 1, 2021

Thomas Bergler

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