Passing on the Faith: Transforming Traditions for the Next Generation of Jews, Christians, and Muslims

Contents

Contents Preface ix James L. Heft, S.M. Introduction: Youth and the Continuity of Religious Traditions 1 James L. Heft, S.M. Section One: National and International Overviews Looking for God: Religious Indifference in Perspective 23 Melchor Sánchez de Toca Journeys of Faith: Meeting the Challenges in TwentyFirst -Century America 37 Nancy Ammerman Section Two: Three Recent National Studies Is Moralistic Therapeutic Deism the New Religion of American Youth? Implications for the Challenge of Religious Socialization and Reproduction 55 Christian Smith vi / Contents The ‘‘Interior’’ Lives of American College Students: Preliminary Findings from a National Study 75 Jennifer A. Lindholm Congregations That Get It: Understanding Religious Identities in the Next Generation 103 Tobin Belzer, Richard W. Flory, Nadia Roumani, and Brie Loskota Section Three: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation of Jews BJ: A Portrait of a Revitalized Synagogue 125 Rabbi J. Rolando Matalon Current Expressions of American Jewish Identity: An Analysis of 114 Teenagers 135 Philip Schwadel Section Four: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation of Christians A Spiritual Crossroads of Europe: The Taizé Community’s Adventure with the Young 147 Brother John of Taizé Religious Identity and Belonging Amidst Diversity and Pluralism: Challenges and Opportunities for Church and Theology 162 Peter C. Phan Section Five: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation of Muslims Identity and Community in a New Generation: The Muslim Community in the Early Seventh Century and Today 187 Ghada Osman Making Safe Space for Questioning for Young American Muslims 204 Amira Quraishi Contents / vii Second-Generation Muslim Immigrants in Detroit Mosques: The Second Generation’s Search for Their Place and Identity in the American Mosque 218 Ihsan Bagby Section Six: Two Evaluations of the Research The Leisure of Worship and the Worship of Leisure 247 Jack Miles Teach Your Children Well: Closing Observations on Constructing Religious Identity in the Next Generation 264 Diane Winston Notes 275 Contributors 295 Index 301 ...