VirtualFaith:TheIrreverentSpiritualQuestofGenerationX

作者 Tom Beaudoin著
出版社 Jossey-BassPublishers
出版时间 2000年6月
ISBN 9780787955274
定价 146.50

内容简介

RevealsthedeepandpervasivesearchformeaningthathauntsGenerationX.Thisbookismustreadingforanyonewhowouldunderstandthespiritualityofyoungpeopleattheturnofanewmillennium.--RobertA.Ludwig,authorofReconstructingCatholicismforaNewGenerationInVirtualFaith,Beaudoinexploresfashion,musicvideos,andcyberspaceconcludingthathisgenerationhasfashionedatheologyradicallydifferentfrom,butnolesspotentorvalidthan,thatoftheirelders.Beaudoin'sinvestigationofpopularcultureuncoversfourthemesthatunderpinhisgeneration?stheology.First,allinstitutionsaresuspect--especiallyorganizedreligion.Second,personalexperienceiseverything,andeveryformofintensepersonalexperienceispotentiallyspiritual.Third,sufferingisalsospiritual.Finally,thisgenerationseesambiguityasacentralelementoffaith.Thisbookopensalongoverdueconversationaboutwhereandhowwefindmeaning,andhowweallcanencourageeachotherinthiscentralhumansearching.TomBeaudoinearnedhisMasterofTheologicalStudiesfromHarvardUniversitySchoolofDivinityin1996andiscurrentlyworkingtowardaPh.D.inReligionandEducationatBostonCollege.

作者简介

TOMBEAUDOINRaisedontelevisionandvideogames,TomBeaudoinbegantonoticeinthemid-80sthatthepopularculturesofamiliartohimwasinfusedwithreligiousiconographyandmeaning.HeearnedhisMasterofTheologicalStudiesfromHarvardUniversitySchoolofDivinityin1996andiscurrentlyworkingtowardaPh.D.inReligionandEducationatBostonCollege.AformeraltarboyandpresentlyabassplayerinaBostonarearockband,hesurvivedWoodstock'94.

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