Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction: A tale of two Williams -- Blurring definitions : learning to meet youth where they are -- Blurring culture(s) : accelerated cultures and faith formation through conviction, character, and community -- Blurring faith : from moral therapeutic deism to sacredly mobile faith -- Scripture and blurring faith : seeing youth as Jesus did : a close reading of scripture and Jesus' encounters with youth -- Blurring youth : what the sacredly mobile adolescent, globalization, and social media are showing us about the future -- Blurring the self : biography as theology and Augustine's Confessions as a road map for identity formation in a constantly moving culture -- Blurring texts : direction, release, and integration in literature from Narnia to Twilight to The hunger games -- Blurring images : coming of age in transformative videos and films -- Blurring sound : the rise of the sonic mystic in youth culture -- Postlude: Of burning ships and singing new songs.