Summer of Love

‘Jesus People’ – a movement born from the ‘Summer of Love’

By Larry Eskridge — September 24, 2017
(The Conversation) — Haight-Ashbury proved to be fertile ground for a startling new combination of the hippie style with conservative evangelical Christianity – the 'Jesus People.'

How San Francisco’s Summer of Love sparked today’s religious movements

By Don Lattin — July 21, 2017
SAN FRANCISCO (RNS) — Anyone who has ever participated in yoga classes, practiced 'mindfulness' meditation, looked into alternative medicine, or referred to oneself as 'spiritual but not religious,' may want to find a 70-year-old hippie this summer and simply say, 'Thank you.'

COMMENTARY: Why I’m retracing the Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s cross-country road trip

By Michael Balcomb — June 20, 2014
(RNS) This summer, I’m taking to the road with 50 fellow Unificationists to follow -- literally -- in the Rev. Moon’s first footsteps, driving the same roads and finding out for myself how his movement is doing.
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