TY - BOOK AU - Dean,Kenda Creasy TI - Almost Christian: what the faith of our teenagers is telling the American church SN - 9780195314847 AV - BV4531.3 .D43 2010 U1 - 277.3/0830835 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Teenagers KW - Religious life KW - United States N1 - 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 ER -