Becoming Evangelical
Life and Liminalities in Christian Youth Groups
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2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-53248-9 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
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An ethnographic study exploring the formation practices of a British evangelical youth group through the lens of ritual and rites of passage theories.
Drawing upon 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork in an evangelical youth group in London, this book investigates the practices used in church contexts to bring about evangelical transformation, how these are experienced and interpreted by young people, and what this process can tell us about evangelicalism more widely.
Rob Barward–Symmons argues for the significance of the adolescent experience within evangelicalism, and explores how adult experience and subjectivity forms in these overlooked spaces. Through the lens of ritual and rites of passage theory, the book argues that the youth group period can be understood as one of sustained liminality for group members, enabled through spatial and structural separation between the youth and adult evangelical contexts.
Grounded in the case study, each of the chapters begin with an extended ethnographic vignette, with other fieldwork reflections and first-hand interview quotes incorporated through the analysis. The book raises important questions about whether the rite of becoming an evangelical subject is truly complete, and whether adult evangelical spaces can accommodate the lingering liminality fostered in youth group spaces.
Drawing upon 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork in an evangelical youth group in London, this book investigates the practices used in church contexts to bring about evangelical transformation, how these are experienced and interpreted by young people, and what this process can tell us about evangelicalism more widely.
Rob Barward–Symmons argues for the significance of the adolescent experience within evangelicalism, and explores how adult experience and subjectivity forms in these overlooked spaces. Through the lens of ritual and rites of passage theory, the book argues that the youth group period can be understood as one of sustained liminality for group members, enabled through spatial and structural separation between the youth and adult evangelical contexts.
Grounded in the case study, each of the chapters begin with an extended ethnographic vignette, with other fieldwork reflections and first-hand interview quotes incorporated through the analysis. The book raises important questions about whether the rite of becoming an evangelical subject is truly complete, and whether adult evangelical spaces can accommodate the lingering liminality fostered in youth group spaces.
Rob Barward-Symmons is Senior Research and Impact Manager at the British and Foreign Bible Society and Research Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Modern Christianity, Durham University, UK.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Separation and the Self in Sacred Space and Secular Society
2. Negotiating Separation in Secular Society
3. Faith Formation Among Friends: Peers and Communitas
4. Pedagogy and Practices of Uncertainty in PM
5. Life Beyond The Incomplete Ritual
Bibliography
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 11.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 8 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-53248-7 / 1350532487 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-53248-9 / 9781350532489 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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