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A Millennial's Perspective on Millennials by Jessica Cain Cain, a millennial in seminary, writes about how news coverage of millennials seems to be entirely negative. However, Cain challenges non-millennials to examine why millennials might be jumping ship and eschewing things like mortgages and church membership. The amount of young people who say they believe in God has not dropped significantly when compared to other generations, but rather their participation in organized religion has decreased significantly. Cain notes we our focus should be spreading the gospel, not creating gimmicks to increase young adult numbers. We don’t need the “next big thing,” the gospel is the Big Thing. Sharing the gospel with sincerity is the way to connect with young people, as it has been for centuries. | |
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Spirituality, Religion, and the Millennial Generation of None’s | |
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 | Millennials: Getting Beyond Selfies, @, and # by Adam Pryor Adam Pryor identifies three prominent characteristics of millennials. They have a much closer relationship with technology than previous generations, they have an optimistic belief about their ability to create positive change in the world, but they are also often disillusioned with organized religion. Engaging with the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Charles Taylor, Pryor explores how we can address millennials’ disillusionment by connecting with them through their passion for technology and justice work. Book Reviews | |
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Mediating Faith: Faith Formation in a Trans-Media Era by Clint Schnekloth Review by Ryan Cumming It goes without saying that religion and identity are indelibly linked. The question of identity is especially at the forefront of any articulation of religious ethics, since after all, the acting subject must have at least a tacit understanding of her own subjecthood before taking up the question of authentic action of the moral person. It is in this sense that Clint Schnekloth’s account of “trans-media effects” of formation raises important questions for ethicists within a faith community (predominantly, in his focus, Lutheran): what kind of people are we? How are we forming ourselves and new members of our community? | |
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Before Nature: A Christian Spirituality by Paul Santmire Review by James Childs For more than three decades Paul Santmire’s many works have provided us with an eloquent theology of creation foundational for an approach to environmental concern that is integral to the very core of Christian faith and practice. Before Nature continues in that vein, developing themes he has previously discussed and drawing us into new insights. | |
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© October 2014
Journal of Lutheran Ethics
Volume 14, Issue 8
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