Passing on the Faith : : Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims /

Passing on the Faith : : Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims / / ed. by James L. Heft.

From the beginning, the Abrahamic faiths—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—have stressed the importance of transmitting religious identity from one generation to the next. Today, that sustaining mission has never been more challenged. Will young people have a faith to guide them? How can faith tradit...

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MitwirkendeR:
Ammerman, Nancy,
Bagby, Ihsan,
Belzer, Tobin,
Flory, Richard W.,
Heft, James L.,
Lindholm, Jennifer A.,
Loskota, Brie,
Matalon, Rabbi J. Rolando,
Miles, Jack,
Osman, Ghada,
Phan, Peter C.,
Quraishi, Amira,
Roumani, Nadia,
Schwadel, Philip,
Smith, Christian,
Sánchez de Toca, Melchor,
Taiz, John of,
Winston, Diane,
HerausgeberIn:
Heft, James L.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2009]
©2009
Year of Publication:2009
Language:English
Series:Abrahamic Dialogues
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Physical Description:1 online resource (334 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Youth and the Continuity of Religious Traditions
  • Section One: National and International Overviews
  • Looking for God: Religious Indifference in Perspective
  • Journeys of Faith: Meeting the Challenges in Twenty- First-Century America
  • Section Two: Three Recent National Studies
  • Is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism the New Religion of American Youth? Implications for the Challenge of Religious Socialization and Reproduction
  • The ‘‘Interior’’ Lives of American College Students: Preliminary Findings from a National Study
  • Congregations That Get It: Understanding Religious Identities in the Next Generation
  • Section Three: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation of Jews
  • BJ: A Portrait of a Revitalized Synagogue
  • Current Expressions of American Jewish Identity: An Analysis of 114 Teenagers
  • Section Four: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation of Christians
  • A Spiritual Crossroads of Europe: The Taizé Community’s Adventure with the Young
  • Religious Identity and Belonging Amidst Diversity and Pluralism: Challenges and Opportunities for Church and Theology
  • Section Five: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation of Muslims
  • Identity and Community in a New Generation: The Muslim Community in the Early Seventh Century and Today
  • Making Safe Space for Questioning for Young American Muslims
  • Second-Generation Muslim Immigrants in Detroit Mosques: The Second Generation’s Search for Their Place and Identity in the American Mosque
  • Section Six: Two Evaluations of the Research
  • The Leisure of Worship and the Worship of Leisure
  • Teach Your Children Well: Closing Observations on Constructing Religious Identity in the Next Generation
  • Notes
  • Contributors
  • Index

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