The Conneting to America's largest generation Rainer, Thom S creator author text tnu 2011 monographic eng

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288 pages ; 24 cm. At more than 78 million strong, the Millennials—those born between 1980 and 2000—have surpassed the Boomers as the larger and more influential generation in America. Now, as its members begin to reach adulthood, where the traits of a generation really take shape, best-selling research author Thom Rainer (Simple Church) and his son Jess (a Millennial born in 1985) present the first major investigative work on Millennials from a Christian worldview perspective. Sure to interest even the secularists who study this group, The Millennials is based on 1200 interviews with its namesakes that aim to better understand them personally, professionally, and spiritually. Chapters report intriguing how-and-why findings on family matters (they are closer-knit than previous generations), their desire for diversity (consider the wave of mixed race and ethnic adoptions), Millennials and the new workplace, their attitude toward money, the media, the environment, and perhaps most tellingly, religion. 1. Meet the Millennials -- 2. A Millennials perspective -- 3. It's a family affair -- 4. The new normal of openness and diversity -- 5. Motivating the Millennials -- 6. The new workplace -- 7. The mediating generation -- 8. The Millennials and media -- 9. The Millennials and money -- 10. Their strange religious world -- 11. The church responds to the Millennials -- Postcript. Here como the Millennials! Thom S. Rainer & Jess W. Rainer Generation Y HQ799.7 .R356 2011 9781433670039 EVLG 260319 spa