Among ‘the Disciple Generation,’ fervor and diversity

From the Christian Science Monitor: Among 'the Disciple Generation,' fervor and diversity

Welcome to the Evangelical youth movement. Or what Lauren Sandler calls "the Disciple Generation" – an ever-growing population of young Evangelicals, ages 15 to 35, "who are equally obsessed with Christ and with culture as a means to an Evangelical end."

Formerly a reporter for National Public Radio, Ms. Sandler had encountered many Christian groups during her travels. But as Evangelicals became more influential in politics, she set out to scout in depth the evolving youth movement. What she found surprised and disturbed her, an avowed secularist and nonbeliever who was barely 30 herself.

Her first book not only presents vivid, spirited sketches of a burgeoning subculture, but also a plea to fellow secularists to wake up and proffer an alternative.

In Righteous: Dispatches from the Evangelical Youth Movement, Sandler explores a movement of astonishing diversity in which "dreadlocks ally with buzz cuts," three-piece suits with punk rockers, Mohawks with computer nerds, all "organizing against anything that challenges the perceived literal perfection of the Bible."

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