Every stage of life brings out certain human characteristics, and according to Kenda Creasy Dean, adolescence is particularly characterized by passion. If the church is to speak meaningfully to youth and in turn reap the many benefits that young people have to offer, then its ministry must be predicated on passion -- the Passion of Christ, the passion of youth, and the passionate faith that results when these two things come together. The uniqueness of Practicing Passion lies in its relocating youth ministry in practical theology rather than in educational theory or psychological or...
Every stage of life brings out certain human characteristics, and according to Kenda Creasy Dean, adolescence is particularly characterized by passion...
Based on the National Study of Youth and Religion--the same invaluable data as its predecessor, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers--Kenda Creasy Dean's compelling new book, Almost Christian, investigates why American teenagers are at once so positive about Christianity and at the same time so apathetic about genuine religious practice. In Soul Searching, Christian Smith and Melinda Lundquist Denton found that American teenagers have embraced a -Moralistic Therapeutic Deism---a hodgepodge of banal, self-serving, feel-good...
Based on the National Study of Youth and Religion--the same invaluable data as its predecessor, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives ...
The questions that youth have are often the same ones that perplexed the great theologians. Root and Dean invite readers to envision youth ministries full of practical theologians, follow them into reflection on a personal practice of theology, and learn how to share that theology through rich conversation and purposeful experience.
The questions that youth have are often the same ones that perplexed the great theologians. Root and Dean invite readers to envision youth ministries ...
Since 1993, forty-nine theological seminaries have created opportunities for high school students to participate in on-campus High School Theology Programs (HSTPs) that invite them to engage in serious biblical and theological study. Many of the young people who take part in these programs go on to become pastoral or lay leaders in their churches. What has made these programs so successful -- especially given the well-documented -crisis of faith- among young people today?
In this book thirteen contributors -- many of whom have created or led one of these innovative theology...
Since 1993, forty-nine theological seminaries have created opportunities for high school students to participate in on-campus High School Theology Pro...
