God's forever family : the Jesus people movement in America

God's forever family : the Jesus people movement in America / Larry Eskridge.

"The Jesus People movement was a unique combination of the hippie counterculture and evangelical Christianity. It first appeared in the famed "Summer of Love" of 1967, in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, and spread like wildfire in Southern California and beyond, to citie...

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Main Author: Eskridge, Larry, 1954-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
Subjects:
Jesus People > United States.
United States > Church history > 20th century.
Church history.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Remembering the Jesus generation
  • "God knocked me off my metaphysical ass": the first "Jesus freaks" in San Francisco
  • Jesus comes to Haight-Ashbury
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  • and your sons and your daughters shall prophecy": the Jesus people movement in southern California, 1968-1969
  • Unto Seattle, Milwaukee, New Jersey, and the uttermost parts: the Jesus people movement goes nationwide
  • It only takes a spark: the Jesus people movement in the national spotlight
  • The Jesus kids: the Jesus people movement becomes evangelical youth culture, 1971-1974
  • Division in the camp: the Jesus people vs. the children of God
  • Sweet, sweet song of salvation: music and the Jesus people
  • I wish we'd all been ready: the Jesus people fade from view
  • God's forever family: the long-term impact of the Jesus people movement.

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