Wade Clark Roof (on the right) is a sociologist of religion, teaching religion and society in the religious studies department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He’s known for his work on the spirituality of Baby Boomers, published in 1993 and 1999.
Jackson Carroll (on the left) is another sociologist of religion. He carried a similar position at Duke University Divinity School before taking up a position there as director of Pulpit and Pew, a research project on pastoral leadership. He’s well known for his book on the future of main line congregations, published in 2000.
These two authors, together with David Roozen, edited “The Post-War Generation & Establishment Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives“, in 1995. The book was based on a collaborative effort across ten Western countries: England, Australia, USA, Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium, Italy and Greece.
About the same time Carroll and Clark Roof were researching the impact of generational change on congregations. At last, in 2002, the research has been made available in their book, “Bridging Divided Generations: Generational Cultures in Congregations“.
I’ll put a post per chapter for this book. It’s certainly worth it. And then maybe back to the one on the Post-War Generation.