Against the Stream: The Adoption of Traditional Christian Faiths by Young Adults

by Richard P. Cimino

Against the Stream examines the phenomenon of young adult conversion and return to traditional Christian religiosity. The book is based on 50 case studies of young adults who have converted or returned to three tradition-based faiths: conservative and traditionalist Roman Catholicism; the conservative Reformed (or Calvinist) tradition; and Eastern Orthodoxy. The book provides an account of these young adults' beliefs as well as how they relate their...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761805753
• ISBN13: 9780761805755
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 146 Pages