Almost Christian

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Almost Christian is written by Kenda Creasy Dean and published by Oxford University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0199758662 (ISBN 10) and 9780199758661 (ISBN 13).

The National Study of Youth and Religion asserts that, instead of consequential faith, most American teenagers practice "Moralistic Therapeutic Deism" - a superficial, low-commitment, self-serving spirituality that seems to characterize many American churches. Dean believes that churches must recover a "missional mindset"-the conviction that "we are not here for ourselves"-and that consequential faith begins by helping teenagers, parents, and congregations reclaim de-centering practices like translation, testimony, and spiritual "detachment" (what the mystics called the ability to focus on God and others instead of ourselves). Drawing on a major national study, this volume argues that the Church has failed to instill genuine religious passion in American teenagers.