God Moments: Why Faith Really Matters to a New Generation

by LANGFORD JEREMY

• ISBN13: 9781570753909
• ISBN10: 1570753903
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Orbis Books

Author Biography

Jeremy Langford is the co-publisher and editor-in-chief of Sheed and Ward publishing company. He lives in Chicago where he is pursuing a Master's degree in theology at Catholic Theological Union

Table of Contents

Prologue: ``You're from a Broken Home''	ix
Introduction: Where in the World Is God?	xi
Part One Talkin' Bout My Generation...X
Introduction: ``Can You Please Explain Generation X to Me?''	3	(2)
X Marks What Spot?	5	(6)
Generation eX: Growing Up Divorced in More Ways than One	11	(11)
Life at the Speed of Time	22	(10)
Our Spiritual Hungers	32	(14)
Part Two Seeking: A Way of Life
Introduction: The Age of the Seeker	43	(3)
The Art of Seeking	46	(8)
The Great Question of Christianity	54	(9)
``Spiritual but Not Religious'': Why Go to Church?	63	(10)
Catholicism: A Tradition of Seekers, Sacraments, and Imagination	73	(7)
Seeking the God Who Seeks Us	80	(6)
Six Rules for the Road	86	(26)
Part Three Seeing: Being Transformed and Perceiving in a New Way
Introduction: Navigating the River of Life	109	(3)
The Great Invitation of Christianity	112	(3)
What Does It Mean to See?	115	(5)
What Happens When We Don't Get It?	120	(5)
Walking the Tightrope over the Abyss	125	(11)
The Courage to Be...Fully Alive	136	(4)
Accepting God's Gift of Peace: The Spiritual Wisdom of Cardinal Joseph Bernardin	140	(22)
Part Four Acting: Faith Without Works is Dead
Introduction: Praxis Makes Better	157	(5)
The Call and Cost of Discipleship	162	(8)
Community and the Common Good	170	(6)
Catholic Social Teaching: The Church's ``Best Kept Secret''	176	(10)
Conclusion: The Road to Emmaus: A Challenge to Our Generation and Those Who Minister to Us	186	(9)
Acknowledgments	195	(2)
Notes	197	(8)
Bibliography	205