Almost christian: what the faith of our teenagers is telling the american church

The National Study of Youth and Religion asserts that, instead of consequential faith, most American teenagers practice 'Moralistic Therapeutic Deism' - a superficial, low-commitment, self-serving spirituality that seems to characterize many American churches. Dean believes that churches must recover a 'missional mindset'-the conviction that 'we are not here for ourselves'-and that consequential faith begins by helping teenagers, parents, and congregations reclaim de-centering practices like translation, testimony, and spiritual 'detachment' (what the mystics called the ability to focus on God and others instead of ourselves). INDICE: Acknowledgements; Section One: Worshipping at the Church of Benign Whatever-ism; 1.: Becoming Christian-ish; 2.: The Triumph of the 'Cult of Nice'; Section Two: Claiming a Peculiar God-Story ; 3.: Mormon Envy: Sociological Tools for Consequential Faith; 4.: Generative Faith: Faith That Bears Fruit; 5.: Recovering a Missional Imagination: We Are Not Here for Ourselves; Section Three: Cultivating Consequential Faith; 6.: Parents Matter Most: The Art of Translation; 7.:. Going Viral for Jesus: The Art of Testimony; 8.: Hanging Loose: The Art of Detachment; 9.: Make No Small Plans: A Case for Hope

• ISBN: 978-0-19-531484-7
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés