Handing on the faith : the church's mission and challenge / Robert P. Imbelli, editor.

"A Herder & Herder book."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-243) and index.

Foreword: Beginning the conversation / Robert P. Imbelli -- Introduction: Discernment, newness, transformation : musings inspired by a conference / Robert P. Imbelli -- The contemporary North American context -- Religious education in its societal and ecclesial context / Mary Johnson -- Faith, hope, and (excessive) individualism / William D. Dinges -- Culture's catechumens and the church's task / Paul J. Griffiths -- The content of the faith handed on -- On taking the creed seriously / Luke Timothy Johnson -- The metaphysics of co-inherence : a meditation on the essence of the Christian message / Robert Barron -- The church's way of speaking / Robert Louis Wilken -- Communicating the faith -- Communicating the faith : conversations and observations / Michael J. Himes -- Handing on the faith to the "new Athenians'' in the American Catholic Church / Christopher and Deborah Ruddy -- Communication in handing on the faith / Terrence W. Tilley -- Handing on the faith : the need for total catechetical education / Thomas Groome -- Handing on the faith through community-based faith formation : our common challenge and shared privilege / Bishop Blase Cupich -- Afterword: Continuing the conversation / John C. Cavadini.