Practicing Passion
Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church
Published on 1. May 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
260 pages
978-0-8028-4712-6 (ISBN)
Description
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 social development. While youth ministry has routinely capitalized on the passions of adolescents, little attention has been given to the theological mooring that youth need to connect with the church and hold firm amid the growing demands of popular culture. Focusing on the theological resonance between the Passion of Christ and adolescents' experience of passion, Dean develops a framework for youth ministry that draws on the historic practices of the Christian community as a "curriculum of passion."
Offering a compelling new model for reaching, discipling, and empowering today's young adults, Practicing Passion is a vital resource for anyone already engaged in or preparing for youth ministry.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Grand Rapids
United States
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8028-4712-6 (9780802847126)
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Kenda Creasy Dean is the Mary D. Synnott Professor of Youth, Church and Culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, and the author of Almost Christian: What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church (2010). Blair Bertrand is a lecturer and teacher at Zomba Theological College, Zomba, Malawi and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church of Canada. Amanda Hontz Drury is Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Indiana Wesleyan University, and is the author of Saying Is Believing: The Necessity of Testimony in Adolescent Spiritual Development (2015). Andrew Root is the Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, and the author of Faith Formation in a Secular Age: Responding the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness (2017).