November 7, 2010

Roof found within the boom generations a significant subset who identify themselves religiously primarily through their having had an experience of personal salvation....As roof notes, this is a "highly personal" type of faith, and in that sense shares much in common with the overall trend toward individualism in matters of faith. For many "born agains," membership or participation in conventional churches is less important than their experience of faith. "Where" is less important to them than "what." This means that people who think of themselves in this way might readily be members of even denominationally related congregations.

Hoover, Stewart M. "Religion in the Media Age." New York: Routledge, 2006.

Hoover uses Roof's studies on the varying religious movements during the Baby Boom to study the relationship between religion and media. He begins by describing the different qualities of the religious groups, in this case the Born Again. In his opinion, the Born Again is a reflectionist, not viewing how they can relate to their faith, but how their faith can personally relate to them. Thus, they cast aside the requirement of a specific group or place of worship in place for a totem of sentiment--denomination does not matter, so long as the core beliefs are similar.