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Many statistics suggest that the dissatisfaction these young adults have with secularism and materialism is shared by many of their peers, Christian or not. That suggests that many more in this generation may join this trek toward orthodoxy in years to come.

Agnieszka Tennant is an associate editor of Christianity Today and one of "the new faithful."

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The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy is available at Amazon.com.

The Loyola Press site has information on the book and an interview with Colleen Carroll

Past Christianity Today articles on Generation X and Y include:

Generation MisinformationForget the latest PowerPoint seminars on Generations X-Z. (May 16, 2001)

Decoding GenerationsTwo books are optimistic about the coming generations but for different, and sometimes contradictory, reasons. (April 4, 2001)

Gen-X ApologeticsPassing on the faith to those raised on Star Wars spirituality. (April 26, 1999)

A Generation of DebtorsA Gen-Xer reflects on the deficits bequeathed to his generation and on its fear of redemption. (November 11, 1996)

Pastor XIn sneakers and jeans, Southern Baptist Chris Seay is getting his generation to go to church—at least we think it's a church. (November 11, 1996)

The Spring 1999 issue of Leadership journal, Christianity Today's sister publication for pastors, included the debate, "Should the Church Target Generations?"

In 2001, CT Columnist Andy Crouch presented a talk on "The Genealogy of Generation" (HTML here and here, also as a PDF file) for the Boston Theological Institute's Costas Consultation on Mission.

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