Finding Faith: The Spiritual Quest of the Post-Boomer Generation

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What Saint Paul Really Said (Wright), 32 Whitman, Walt, 11, 187 Wilkerson, David, 63 Willard, Dallas, 32, 195n6 Willow Creek Church, 65, 139 Winston, Diane, 2–3, 5 Wisenan, Benny, 143, 146–147 “With All Your Mind Conference” (McLean, Va.), 93 women. See gender roles worldviews, 8–10; and Lyotard, 121–122; and Reclaimers, 129–130, 134, 154; and Resisters, 90–91, 95–96, 107–108, 110–113, 116–117, 121–123, 161 worship services, 11, 159; and Appropriators, 61–62, 64–66, 68, 70–73, 73; and embodied spirituality, 179, 185; and Innovators, 14, 19–20, 23, 34–35, 38–40, 43, 45, 159; and Reclaimers, 124–127, 130–132, 134, 138–144, 147, 152, 160, 200n2 Wright, N. T., 32, 93–94, 195n6 writings: and Appropriators, 54, 56–57; and Innovators, 29, 31–36, 48, 50, 93; and Reclaimers, 129–134, 153; and Resisters, 85–91, 94–96, 106–107, 111–112, 117–118, 198–199n15, 200n27 written text, 15, 94, 97, 165 Wuthnow, Robert, 11 X Games, 57 Young Leaders Network, 29 Zondervan Publishing, 36, 48, 94 Index 228 Index.qxd 11/14/07 4:57 PM Page 228 About the Authors Richard Flory is a research associate in the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at the University of Southern California. His Ph.D. is in sociology, from the University of Chicago. He is the editor of GenX Religion (Routledge, 2000), and has written several articles and book chapters on different aspects of religion in America. He has also created three interactive , multimedia art gallery installations: with Donald Miller and Daniel Callis, “Finding Faith: Christianity in a New Generation” (2003) and “Christianity and Culture: Four Emerging Forms” (2003 and 2004); and with Daniel Callis, “The Postmodern Metropolis: Los Angeles, Tijuana and Las Vegas” (2004). He is currently working on a book examining the different life experiences of African American, Asian, Hispanic, and white teenagers. His research has been supported by grants from the Louisville Institute, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Lilly Endowment, and the University of Southern California. Donald E. Miller is the Firestone Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California. He serves as executive director of the Center for Religion and Civic Culture and as director of the School of Religion. He received the Ph.D. degree in religion (social ethics) from USC in 1975. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of eight books, including Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement (University of California Press, 2007), Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope (University of California Press, 2003), GenX Religion (Routledge, ABTAUTHOR.qxd 11/13/07 9:37 AM Page 229 2000), Reinventing American Protestantism (University of California Press, 1997), Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide (University of California Press, 1993), Homeless Families: The Struggle for Dignity (University of Illinois Press, 1993), Writing and Research in Religious Studies (Prentice Hall, 1992), and The Case for Liberal Christianity (Harper and Row, 1981). The emerging focus of his research is on international faith-based NGOs, and involves work in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Armenia. He has had major grants from the Lilly Endowment, the John Templeton Foundation, the Pew Charitable Trusts, the Ford Foundation, the Irvine Foundation, the Haynes Foundation, the California Council for the Humanities, and the Fieldstead Company. About the Authors ABTAUTHOR.qxd 11/13/07 9:37 AM Page 230 ...