The theological turn in youth ministry
By: Andrew Root & Kenda Creasy Dean
Contributors: Dean, Kenda Creasy, 1959-
Publisher: IVP Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Downers Grove, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780830838257
Subjects: Miscellanea; Church work with youth; Theology
Description: Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean invite us to envision youth ministries full of practical theologians, addressing the deep questions of life with a wonderfully adolescent mix of idealism, cynicism and prophetic intolerance for hypocrisy. The result is a more rigorous and meaningful youth ministry, and a more theologically grounded and engaged church.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Part 1 : theological starting points : what does youth ministry have to do with theology?; title: The new rhetoric of youth ministry / Kenda Creasy Dean; title: God is a minister : youth ministry as fundamentally theological / Andrew Root; title: Youth ministry as an integrative theological task : toward a representative method / Andrew Root; title: Proclaiming salvation : the ministry of youth for the twenty-first-century church / Kenda Creasy Dean; title: Walking into the crisis of reality : how theology is constructed / Andrew Root; title: Youth ministry as discerning Christopraxis : a hermeneutical model / Andrew Root; title: God's hiddenness, absence and doubt / Andrew Root; title: Part 2 : theology enacted : exploring youth ministry practice; title: Is Jesus magic? : healing and the cross in youth ministry / Andrew Root; title: Talking about sin with young people / Andrew Root; title: Holding on to our kisses : the hormonal theology of adolescence / Kenda Creasy Dean; title: The eschatological significance of summer camp / Kenda Creasy Dean; title: What are we doing in these mountains? : the outdoor trip and the theology of the cross / Andrew Root; title: The mission trip as global tourism : are we ok with this? / Andrew Root; title: Doubt and confirmation : the mentor as co-doubter / Andrew Root; title: Ascension deficit disorder : youth ministry as a laboratory for hope / Kenda Creasy Dean; title: Postscript : reflecting on method : youth ministry as practical theology / Andrew Root with Blair D. Bertrand.