Creative in the Image of God: An Aesthetic Practical Theology of Young Adult Faith

The declining religious participation among young adults or Rise of the Nones has signaled alarms across American Christianity. A closer look into the faith lives of thirty young adults who are or were at one time connected with a church however shows an articulate and aesthetically embodied faith life that seeks out connection with others expression of their identity and an openness to encountering God. Young adults see themselves and all people in this pluralistic world as bearing the image of God. They see creativity in their own lives and in the lives of others as evidence of this identity. This book is not an appeal to put more art into congregations but rather an invitation to attend to aesthetic embodied ways of knowing that exist among all people.“