
God's Forever Family
The Jesus People Movement in America
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Narrated by:
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Michael Butler Murray
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By:
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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 cities like Seattle, Atlanta, and Milwaukee. In 1971 the growing movement found its way into the national media spotlight and gained momentum, attracting a huge new following among evangelical church youth, who enthusiastically adopted the Jesus People persona as their own. Within a few years, however, the movement disappeared and was largely forgotten by everyone but those who had filled its ranks.
God's Forever Family argues that the Jesus People movement was one of the most important American religious movements of the second half of the 20th-century. Not only do such new and burgeoning evangelical groups as Calvary Chapel and the Vineyard trace back to the Jesus People, but the movement paved the way for the huge Contemporary Christian Music industry and the rise of "Praise Music" in the nation's churches. More significantly, it revolutionized evangelicals' relationship with youth and popular culture. Larry Eskridge makes the case that the Jesus People movement not only helped create a resurgent evangelicalism but must be considered one of the formative powers that shaped American youth in the late 1960s and 1970s.
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Seems like we need a new Jesus movement!
Flashback to my earliest days as a believer.
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Unfortunately, I found the reader to be unprofessional and unprepared. His mispronounced reading of proper names of well-known places was inexcusable. Much of what happened in this book took place in Marin County, California (not MARin), an incorrect pronunciation that was repeated over and over again. I can't even duplicate the sound salad he repeatedly tossed out for "Koine," the language in which the New Testament was written.
A running theme of the book was the story of Calvary Chapel. That name appears dozens and dozens of times throughout the text. Sometimes, he pronounced it correctly as "CALvary." Mostly, he pronounced it, "CAValry." The former is a place in Israel; the latter is a military group of horsemen.
The misprounced words were so ubiquitous and annoying, I stopped listening and just bought the physical book to finish reading it.
Overall, this is a well-researched and well-written book. Do yourself a favor: read this book--but don't listen to it.
Nostalgic and informative, but poorly performed.
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Why couldn't they check the pronunciations?
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Would you consider the audio edition of God's Forever Family to be better than the print version?
If your life was touched by this movement or the music, you'll enjoy the story. It was an easy listen for me. So much so that I didn't mind running a few extra errands.What did you like best about this story?
I was amazed at the depth of research the author provided to give us a detailed backstory of the Jesus Movement. This is not a light-weight, quick read.What three words best describe Michael Butler Murray’s voice?
If you're from the West Coast, you'll have to forgive the many mispronunciations of places (Marin County, Spokane) as well as Bible words (Agape, Koinonia). It's not a big deal but over the course of a book it was distracting. It actually made me wonder if this was a text to voice production.If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Don't do it! It's already been done and the results are always cheesy.A Groovy Happening
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poor narration
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Reader needed to do research
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What did you love best about God's Forever Family?
I knew almost nothing about the Jesus People Movement before listening to this book, which I was interested in after seeing it recommended as Christianity Today's Book of the Year a few years back. It was a fascinating history, tracing the origins, evolution, and sustained impact of the Jesus People Movement.What other book might you compare God's Forever Family to and why?
A similar history of American evangelicalism that I found interesting was Molly Worthen's "Apostles of Reason"What didn’t you like about Michael Butler Murray’s performance?
While I would recommend the book strongly, I found the narration frustrating, mostly because several words were consistently mis-pronounced. Most notably (because the Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California is one of the key institutions upon which the book focuses), the narrator consistently pronounced "Calvary" (as in, where Jesus Christ was crucified) as "Cavalry" (as in, soldiers on horses).Other words were mis-pronounced as well that betrayed the reality that the narrator was not familiar with the content of the book.
Fantastic book; Flawed Narration
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The text itself is engaging, and the reader had decent rhythm. I felt the ending was a bit but abrupt, and expected more detail on the long term influence and gradual petering out of the movement. Still a worthwhile read, if you can get past the bewildering reading. If this subject is of interest to you, the narration will not stand in the way of your enjoyment. I listened with ease at 1.5 x.
Very good book, marred by narration
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Incredible detail about a very important movement
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Solid research. Decent writing. Dismal reading.
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