Born between 1965 and 1983, the young adults of Generation X grew up in an era of unprecedented wealth and consumerism. Rebelling against the liberal family, social, and academic environments in which they were raised, some have made strengthening their faith a priority.
The New Faithful is a groundbreaking book that examines the growing trend toward religious orthodoxy among today’s young adults. Author and journalist Colleen Carroll offers strong opinions on how this movement might transform an American society steeped in moral relativism and secularism.
Blending investigative journalism with in-depth analysis, Carroll seeks the reasons behind the choice of orthodoxy in a society that often denigrates traditional morality and rejects organized religion.
About the Author:
Colleen Carroll Campbell began her writing career at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she served as editor-in-chief of the campus magazine, president of the campus chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, and a freelance writer for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. She graduated from Marquette with a BA in writing-intensive English and a minor in political science. She graduated from the National Institute for Computer-Assisted Reporting in 1998.
Her book, The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy (Loyola Press, 2002), is critically acclaimed, and was a finalist for the 2002 ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award. It has been featured in nearly 100 magazines and newspapers, including The Wall Street Journal, U.S. News & World Report, The Washington Post, National Review, and Christianity Today. Now in its sixth printing, The New Faithful has been adopted as required reading by several colleges and universities. Since its publication, Campbell has received speaking invitations from institutions across America, including requests to present her research to staff members at the White House and on Capitol Hill. She presented a copy of The New Faithful to Pope Benedict XVI while serving as a North American delegate to an international Vatican Congress on women.
In 2002, Campbell began work toward a doctorate in philosophy at Saint Louis University. She interrupted her studies later that year to accept a job as one of six speechwriters to President George W. Bush. Campbell worked directly with the President on major policy addresses, writing his speeches on such topics as education, the faith-based initiative, the fight against AIDS, and judicial appointments.
After leaving the White House, Campbell served as a fellow at the Washington, D.C.-based Ethics and Public Policy Center. She is now a regular commentator on religion, politics, and culture in the print and broadcast media. She writes a weekly op-ed column for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, blogs on religion and politics for The New York Times and The Washington Post, and has made more than 200 appearances on television and radio shows, serving as a commentator on such networks as FOX News, CNN, MSNBC, PBS, and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Her articles have appeared in such outlets as the Weekly Standard, First Things, National Review Online, Washington Times, Toronto Star, Charlotte Observer, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Tampa Tribune, National Catholic Reporter, National Catholic Register and New Atlantis. She served as a regular columnist for Our Sunday Visitor and won a Catholic Press Association Award for her bimonthly column inLay Witness.
Since 2006, Campbell has hosted her own international television and radio show, "Faith & Culture." The television show airs twice weekly on the Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) and the radio show airs three times weekly on EWTN Global Radio Network and Sirius Satellite Channel 160 and twice weekly on Relevant Radio. She resides with her husband and children in St. Louis, Missouri.
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Author: |
Colleen Carroll |
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ISBN: |
0829420428, 978-0829420425 |
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Publisher: |
Loyola Press |
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Pages: |
332 |
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Size: |
8.9" x 6" |
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Binding: |
Paperback |