{"product_id":"faith-formation-in-a-secular-andrew-root-9780801098468","title":"Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Top Ten Book for Parish Ministry in 2017, Academy of Parish Clergy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eThe loss or disaffiliation of young adults is a much-discussed topic in churches today. Many faith-formation programs focus on keeping the young, believing the youthful spirit will save the church. But do these programs have more to do with an obsession with youthfulness than with helping young people encounter the living God?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuestioning the search for new or improved faith-formation programs, leading practical theologian Andrew Root offers an alternative take on the issue of youth drifting away from the church and articulates how faith can be formed in our secular age. He offers a theology of faith constructed from a rich cultural conversation, providing a deeper understanding of the phenomena of the \"nones\" and \"moralistic therapeutic deism.\" Root helps readers understand why forming faith is so hard in our context and shows that what we have lost is not the ability to keep people connected to our churches but an imagination for how and where God could be present in their lives. He considers what faith is and what steps we can take to move into it, exploring a Pauline concept of faith as encounter with divine action.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is the first book in Root's Ministry in a Secular Age series.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Andrew Root\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0801098467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801098468\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/03\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"Andrew Root","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045190136063,"sku":"9780801098468","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e63964c3-48e4-4171-b943-f10796dc1455.jpg?v=1684977271","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/faith-formation-in-a-secular-andrew-root-9780801098468","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}