Table of Contents

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