Virtual Faith
The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X
Published on 1. May 1998
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-7879-3882-6 (ISBN)
Description
This book looks at the nature of the religious experience and emerging theology of Generation X - a generation whose relationship to the institutionalized church (or lack thereof) is causing much hand-wringing among religious leaders, and other social pundits.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 159 mm
Weight
454 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7879-3882-6 (9780787938826)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Section 1: Generation X, popular culture and religion; my life as a GenX story; in search of a generation; religious themes between the real and the virtual. Section 2: divining themes - popular culture and/as religion; suspicion of institutions; turn of experience; attention to suffering; faith between certainty and ambiguity. Section 3: a new religious (ir)responsibility - between complacency and commitment; virtually faithful; complacency and commitment; towards a virtual Christology?