The Rebelution
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| Formation | August 2005 |
|---|---|
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Youth organization |
| Leader | Alex and Brett Harris |
| Website | TheRebelution.com |
The Rebelution is a Christian ministry/organization directed at youth,[1] describing itself as "a teenage rebellion against low expectations." It was founded in August 2005 by twin brothers Alex and Brett Harris, younger brothers of best-selling author and former pastor, Joshua Harris.
About
[edit]At age 16, Alex and Brett started a blog called The Rebelution. Since then, the Rebelution movement has grown to include a website and international speaking tour.[2]
Expanding on the topic of the blog, the Harris brothers have published two books for Christian teenagers, Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations (2008) and Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are (2010) with WaterBrook Multnomah, a division of Random House. The Rebelution Tour, a series of one-day conferences for teens and parents, took place every summer from 2007 to 2011.
Alex and Brett Harris
[edit]Alex and Brett Harris have been featured nationally on MSNBC, CNN, NPR, and in The New York Times. They were supporters of the campaign of Mike Huckabee.[3][4] Their father is Gregg Harris, a figure in the Christian homeschooling movement. Alex graduated from Harvard Law School, and served as a law clerk to Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.[5] In 2017, Brett co-founded the Young Writers Workshop[6] with Jaquelyn Crowe, an online membership based workshop for young Christian aspiring writers.[7]
The Modesty Survey
[edit]The Modesty Survey was an anonymous survey aimed at Christian teenagers, gathering quantitative and qualitative answers of what Christian boys consider to be immodesty.[8] Hundreds of Christian females submitted questions to the 148-question survey and over 1,500 Christian males participated.[9] It has been endorsed by Shaunti Feldhahn, R. Albert Mohler, Jr., and C. J. Mahaney, among others.[10] Some groups criticized the survey for treating modesty as something that pertains only to girls, or as something that men get to define.[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Teens: Don't Be Lazy". National Public Radio. May 23, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ "Rebels With A Cause". Breakaway Magazine. September 2007. Archived from the original on November 20, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ "Young Evangelicals Find a Candidate in Huckabee". National Public Radio. January 18, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ Stirlan, Sarah Lai (January 15, 2009). "Huckabee's Secret Weapon: Evangelical Twin Teens With Internet". Wired. Retrieved January 20, 2009.
- ^ "Life After Law School". Veritas. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
- ^ The young writer.
- ^ "Young Writers Workshop". Retrieved December 16, 2017.
- ^ "The Modesty Survey". The Rebelution. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- ^ Bridger, Haley (January 30, 2008). "A dress for a novel occasion". Hamilton-Wenham Chronicle. Archived from the original on February 7, 2008. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- ^ "Modesty Survey Endorsements". The Rebelution. Retrieved January 29, 2009.
- ^ "Guys on Immodesty: Lust and the Violence of Women's Bodies". Sociological Images. Retrieved July 29, 2010.