Articles Contained in SIRS Enduring Issues 2003. Originally Published: Extreme Devotion, May 7, 2002; pp. 14+.
"StandUP is old-time religion, supersized. It's the big-league venue, packed to the rafters, with headliner acts and superslick packaging. It moves at channel-surfing speed, its production sophisticated, its message driven home on--among other things--sweatshirts, visors, CDs, videos, and books. But what might look like x-treme evangelism is at heart a new-millennium packaging of an old-millennium message." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article examines how evangelical Christian movements are using pop-culture methods to attract youth.
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Christians--Attitudes. Church work with teenagers. Concert tours. Evangelicalism. Popular culture--Religious aspects. Youth--Attitudes. Youth--Religious life. Youth culture.