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 : 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.
