End of Youth Ministry?

Why Parents Don't Really Care about Youth Groups and What Youth Workers Should Do about It

AvAndrew Root

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

Del i serien Theology for the Life of the World

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Beskrivning

What is youth ministry actually for? And does it have a future? Andrew Root, a leading scholar in youth ministry and practical theology, went on a one-year journey to answer these questions. In this book, Root weaves together an innovative first-person fictional narrative to diagnose the challenges facing the church today and to offer a new vision for youth ministry in the 21st century.Informed by interviews that Root conducted with parents, this book explores how parents' perspectives of what constitutes a good life are affecting youth ministry. In today's culture, youth ministry can't compete with sports, test prep, and the myriad other activities in which young people participate. Through a unique parable-style story, Root offers a new way to think about the purpose of youth ministry: not happiness, but joy. Joy is a sense of experiencing the good. For youth ministry to be about joy, it must move beyond the youth group model and rework the assumptions of how identity and happiness are imagined by parents in American society.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-04-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 19 mm
Vikt:338 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Theology for the Life of the World
Antal sidor:240
Förlag:Baker Publishing Group
ISBN:9781540961396

Utforska kategorier

Religion: allmänt inom Filosofi och religion
Kristendom inom Filosofi och religion

Mer om författaren

Andrew Root (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has written extensively about youth ministry. He is the author of numerous books, including Faith Formation in a Secular Age, The Pastor in a Secular Age, Bonhoeffer as Youth Worker, The Children of Divorce, Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry, and Relationships Unfiltered, and the coauthor (with Kenda Creasy Dean) of The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry.

Innehållsförteckning

ContentsWarning for the Reader! (Read before Using)1. Toward a Journey to JoyLate March2. Don't Waste Your Life: Youth Ministry and the Good LifeSeptember3. Are the Kids OK? Goods and Youth MinistrySeptember4. Three Sets of Parents: Things and Happiness EmergeLate October5. Identity, Part 1: A Dance Party, Demi Lovato, and the Internal QuestLate October6. Transformation in Youth MinistryLate March7. Identity, Part 2: Romance, Recognition, and ResentmentLate October8. Happiness, Part 1: Powerball, Endgames, and Sheryl Crow versus Taylor SwiftFrom Winter to Spring Break9. When Goods Become the GoodLate March10. Happiness, Part 2: Holiness, Virtue, and Luther's Freak-OutThe End of Spring Break11. Joy and the Custodian: What Youth Ministry Is ForLate March12. Borne Burdens: Youth Ministry and Stories of JoyLate March13. Open Takes and Closed Spins: Youth Ministry and TranscendenceLate March14. An Identity Event: How Youth Ministry Affects IdentityMid-April15. Holding Vigil: Youth Ministry and Cruciform PracticesMayConclusion: Friendship and DQMay