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| Resource: |
Book (820135) Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church’s Obsession with Youthfulness
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| Author: |
Root, Andrew |
| Publisher: |
Baker Academic, 2017 |
| Vendor: |
Cokesbury |
| Length: |
218 Pages |
| Heading: |
YOUTH — Youth
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| Subjects: |
Leadership - Discipleship; Youth Ministry |
| Location: |
Youth |
| # Copies: |
1 |
| ISBN/ISSN: |
9780801098468
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| Description: |
The loss or disaffiliation of young adults is a much-discussed topic in churches today. Many faith-formation programs focus on keeping the young, believing the youthful spirit will save the church. But do these programs have more to do with an obsession with youthfulness than with helping young people encounter the living God? Questioning the search for new or improved faith-formation programs, leading practical theologian Andrew Root offers an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulates how faith can be formed in our secular age. Chapters: The boring church and the pursuit of authenticity; The history of youthfulness; The perceived scam of the mass society; The rise of the hippie and the obsession with youthfulness; The rise of hip; Churches filled with bobos – the beasts of authenticity; Faith and its formation in a secular age; What is faith?; From membership to mystical union; The music of formation; Is God a favor bestower or gift giver?; Practical steps to consider as the household of ministry. Includes index. |
| Age Groups: |
Young Adult; Adult (30-55); Adult (55+)
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