Almost Christian : what the faith of our teenagers is telling the American church
Kenda Creasy Dean
Bok Engelsk 2010 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | New York : Oxford University Press , 2010
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| Omfang | X, 254 s. : ill.
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I: Worshipping at the Church of Benign Whatever-ism; 1. Becoming Christian-ish; 2. The Triumph of the "Cult of Nice"; Part II: Claiming a Peculiar God-Story; 3. Mormon Envy: Sociological Tools for Consequential Faith; 4. Generative Faith: Faith That Bears Fruit; 5. Missional Imaginations: We Are Not Here for Ourselves; Part III: 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; Appendix A; Appendix B. - Appendix CAppendix D; Appendix E; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; Y. - Based on the National Study of Youth and Religion--the same invaluable data as its predecessor, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers--Kenda Creasy Dean's compelling new book, Almost Christian, investigates why American teenagers are at once so positive about Christianity and at the same time so apathetic about genuine religious practice. In Soul Searching, Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton found that American teenagers have embraced a ""Moralistic Therapeutic Deism""--a hodgepodge of banal, self-serving, feel-good beliefs that bears little resembla
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Teenagers -- Religious life -- United States. Teenagers -- Religious life. Teenagers. Vis mer... 2000-tallet
Christianity Kristne kirke Philosophy & Religion Religion Religiøs tro Tenåringer USA ungdom tenåringer religiøsitet livssyn kristendom usa nord-amerika religionssosiologi |
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| ISBN | 9780195314847
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