Summer 2021

Volume 27, Number 3 · Three articles

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Theology
Overcoming 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 Here to Maturity, with the editor's recommendation to read both volumes.
Thomas Bergler32 min read
Theology
The Significance of Ernst Lohmeyer for Christian Witness
Edwards encountered Ernst Lohmeyer's name as a footnote in his doctoral research and was haunted by the cryptic note that a 'higher power' had carried him off to a 'still-unresolved fate.' The piece traces Lohmeyer's witness under three regimes and what his disappearance can teach us.
James Edwards20 min read
Theology
The 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 what we lost by treating perpetual youthfulness as a virtue.
Thomas Bergler27 min read