The Emerging Church, Millennials, and Religion: Volume 2: Curations and Durations - Paperback

by Terry Shoemaker (Editor), Rachel C. Schneider (Editor), Xochitl Alvizo (Editor)

Millennials and progressive Christians are continuing their work of creating alternative spaces for spiritual and religious expressions in North America. The practices and beliefs of progressive Christian movements like the emerging church and millennials, who tend toward spirituality over and against religion, have been the targets of much criticism. Yet millennials and progressive Christians continue to both curate spaces for self- and collective expression while also engaging within contexts often critical or hostile. This collection analyzes these movements from theological, religious-studies, and social-scientific perspectives to provide a more holistic view of what is taking shape in religious and spiritual trends, and it ventures to project what may lie ahead for the progressive Christianity that is emerging and enduring.

Author Biography

Terry Shoemaker is a Lecturer in the School of Historical, Philosophical, and Religious Studies at Arizona State University. He is the editor of a Religion and Sport Series and the editor of The Prophetic Dimension of Sport (2018).



Rachel C. Schneider is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Religion and Public Life Program at Rice University.



Xochitl Alvizo is Assistant Professor at California State University, Northridge. She is coeditor of Women, Religion, Revolution with Gina Messina (2017) and cofounder of FeminismAndReligion.com.