MySpace to Sacred Space : God for a New Generation

by Piatt, Christian

• ISBN13: 9780827223349
• ISBN10: 082722334X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-03-30
• Publisher: Chalice Pr

Summary

MySpace's explosive popularity indicates a voracious desire for community among youth and young adults, and Amy and Christian Piatt's online survey of young adults confirms a great interest in spirituality (see www.christianpiatt.com for complete survey results). The Piatts discuss how the church can walk alongside younger people in their quest to find sacred space. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
I Love to Tell the Story	p. 11
Low Expectations
Retreat
Loss of Absolutes
A Sense of Mystery
Amy's Story
An Overarching Purpose
The God Image	p. 33
A Generation Adrift
Weak Ties, High Mobility
Relationship over Religion
What We Found
America's Four Gods
Now What?
The Coffeehouse Myth	p. 53
The Starbucks Session
Jesus and Java
Habit, Tradition, and Ritual	p. 67
Habit
Tradition
Ritual
A Crisis of Imagination
Story, Experience, and Ritual
Rites of Passage
Sex and Money
Addiction	p. 91
College, Catharsis, Crisis (As Told by Christian)
The Human Condition
Doing What We Hate
Steps to Recovery
An Addiction Epidemic
Our Family Intervention (As Told by Amy)
Jake's Story
Numbers Don't Lie
God of Rock	p. 109
Fair to Compare?
Christian's Story
A Window to the Divine
Who May Serve?	p. 129
Seminary Trends
The Great Divide
Drawing Lines, Crossing Lines
Eric's Story
Staying at the Table
Church of the Prodigal Child	p. 141
Who Are They?
Brenda and Sam's Story
Jake on the Church
Spiritual but Not Religious
Conclusion	p. 159
Notes	p. 163
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