Youth Ministry and Theological Shorthand
Subtitle: Living Amongst the Fragments of a Coherent Theology
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781498219419
Description: In Youth Ministry and Theology Shorthand, David Bailey explores the dialogue between practice and theological education through the lens of youth ministry. This qualitative study illuminates how youth ministers talk about their work amongst young people. Through the slowing down of the youth ministry process it is discovered that youth ministers speak in theological shorthand. Theological shorthand is a paradox: it is both meaningful--it fuels long-term sacrificial service amongst young people--and it is problematic, as it risks untethering youth ministry from the wider narrative of the Christian story.