
Exploding Stars, Dead Dinosaurs, and Zombies
Youth Ministry in the Age of Science
Andrew Root(Author)
Fortress Press,U.S.
Published on 1. January 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
292 pages
978-1-5064-4674-5 (ISBN)
Description
Many things threaten the faith of youth today, but none more than science. The commitments of science and Christianity seem to be at oddsscience makes truth claims based on experiments and proofs, while religion asks for belief and trust. But Andrew Root demonstrates that, in fact, the two are not incompatible.Root, a renowned expert on adolescent spirituality, shows how science overstates its claims on truth, while faith often understates its own claims. Both faith and science frame the experience and reality of teenagers, and both have something valuable to offer as adolescents develop.Drawing on a fictional account of a youth pastor and the various students he encounters, Root paints a compelling picture of how faith can flourish, even in our scientific age.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Augsburg Fortress Publishers
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
374 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5064-4674-5 (9781506446745)
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Exploding Stars, Dead Dinosaurs, and Zombies: Youth Ministry in the Age of Science
Youth Ministry in the Age of Science
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Fortress Press
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Andrew Root is the Olson Baalson Associate Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of several books, including The Relational Pastor andThe Children of Divorce, and coauthor with Kenda Creasy Dean of The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry.