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Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church

Name: Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church
ISBN: 9780195314847

Kenda Creasy Dean

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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 resemblance to
traditional Christianity. But far from faulting teens, Dean places the
blame for this theological watering down squarely on the churches
themselves. Instead of proclaiming a God who calls believers to lives of
love, service and sacrifice, churches offer instead a bargain religion,
easy to use, easy to forget, offering little and demanding less. But
what is to be done? In order to produce ardent young Christians, Dean
argues, churches must rediscover their sense of mission and model an
understanding of being Christian as not something you do for yourself,
but something that calls you to share God's love, in word and deed, with
others. Dean found that the most committed young Christians shared four
important traits: they could tell a personal and powerful story about
God; they belonged to a significant faith community; they exhibited a
sense of vocation; and they possessed a profound sense of hope. Based on
these findings, Dean proposes an approach to Christian education that
places the idea of mission at its core and offers a wealth of concrete
suggestions for inspiring teens to live more authentically engaged
Christian lives.

Persuasively and accessibly written, Almost Christian is a wake up call no one concerned about the future of Christianity in America can afford to ignore.

카테고리:

Religion & Spirituality - Christianity

년:

2010

언어:

english

페이지:

264

ISBN 10:

0195314840

ISBN 13:

9780195314847