Lost Lutherans - Perspectives on American Religious Decline

Lost Lutherans: Perspectives on American Religious Decline offers a straightforward look at change in American religion. Chris Suehr presents the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) as an example of religious change in a way that is welcoming to interested readers and fulfilling to social scientists. By amplifying real voices, this book presents the social science, but also explores the stories behind its statistics-the people who have left, their reasons, their beliefs, and their quests. Lost Lutherans is a useful resource on specific areas of American religion-from the history of the Mainline to the voices of modern people who have left it. This book examines the gradual changes in society, culture, and institutions that have led to this religious transformation.

List of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1: Introducing Lutheranism and the American Mainline
Chapter 2: Remarks on the Fate of All Religion
Chapter 3: The End of the Silver Age
Chapter 4: Age of Decline: A Changing World
Chapter 5: Age of Decline: Mainline Transformations
Chapter 6: Enter: The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Chapter 7: Measuring Change in the ELCA
Chapter 8: Finding Lost Voices
Chapter 9: Naming Lost Voices
Chapter 10: Understanding Lost Voices
Chapter 11: Diagnosing Decline
Chapter 12: Prognosis and Treatments

About the author

Chris Suehr is adjunct professor at Gettysburg College and Pastor at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in York Springs, PA.

Product details

• Authors: Chris Suehr, Chris Suehr
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.11.2024
• EAN: 9781666947489
• ISBN: 978-1-66694-748-9
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran, RELIGION / Christian Church / Growth, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Christian institutions & organizations, Religious institutions and organizations, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Lutheran Churches