Passing on the Faith - Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims (Paperback)

From the beginning, the Abrahamic faithsaJudaism, Christianity, and Islamahave 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 traditions anchor religious attachments in this secular, skeptical culture?The fruit of a historic gathering of scholars and religious leaders across three faiths and many disciplines, this important book reports on the religious lives of young people in todayas world. Itas also a unique inventory of creative and thoughtful responses from churches, synagogues, and mosques working to keep religion a significant force in those lives.The essays are grouped thematically. Opening the book, Melchor Sanchez de Toca and Nancy Ammerman explore fundamental issues that have an impact on religionafrom the cultural effects of global consumerism and personal technology to pluralism and individualism. In Part Two, leading investigators present three leading studies of religiosity among young people and college students in the United States, illuminating the gap between personal values and organized religionaand the emergence of new, different forms of spirituality and faith. How religious institutions deal with these challenges forms the heart of the bookain portraits of abest practicesa developed to revitalize traditional institutions, from a synagogue in New York City and a Muslim youth camp in California to the famed French Catholic community of the late Brother John of TaizA(c). Finally, Jack Miles and Diane Winston weave the findings into a broader perspective of the future of religious belief, practice, andfeeling in a changing world.Filled with real-world wisdom, Passing the Faith will be an essential resource for anyone seeking to understand what religions must, and can, do to inspire a vigorous faith in the next generation.

General

Imprint:	Fordham University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Abrahamic Dialogues
Release date:	2007
First published:	2007
Editors:	James L. Heft
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 22mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	334
ISBN-13:	978-0-8232-2648-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > General
LSN:	0-8232-2648-4
Barcode:	9780823226481

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