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Almost Christian : what the faith of our teenagers is telling the American church / Kenda Creasy Dean.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: x, 254 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195314847
  • 0195314840
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 277.3/0830835 22
LOC classification:
  • BV4531.3 .D43 2010
Contents:
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
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Print book for loan Krauth Memorial Branch Philadelphia General Collection BV4531.3 .D43 2010 1 Available 31794003049203
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BV4531.3 .D43 2010 1 Available 35898001586359
Print book for loan Lineberger Memorial Library Southern Circulating Collection (Main & Upper Levels) BV4531.3 .D43 2010 2 Available 35898001680376
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV4531.3 .D43 2010 1 Available 31826003485928
Print book for loan Wentz Memorial Branch Gettysburg General Collection (Lower Level) BV4531.3 .D43 2010 c.2 2 Available 31826003529410

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-248) and index.

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

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