Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian Resistance in a Consumer Culture
Brian J. Mahan; Michael Warren; David F. White
ISBN 10: 1556351364 ISBN 13: 9781556351365
Published by Cascade Books, 2008
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Youth ministry has increasingly lost touch with its origins in the way of Jesus and the social practices intrinsic to Christian discipleship, and has instead substituted layers of "Jesus talk," middle class values, fun and games, and doses of "warm fellow-feeling." Awakening Youth Discipleship articulates the history of this domestication of youth and ministry. Mahan, Warren, and White tell a story of the ways in which our society has colluded to shape a domesticated adolescence. The authors believe a Christian response to this challenge must be multilevel, addressing the problem at three levels--society, church, and individual. The authors propose reclaiming practices of discernment that both engage congregations in social awareness and involve individuals in discerning fuller vocational opportunities than those allowed by popular cultural norms.
About the Authors:
Brian J. Mahan is the former director of the Program in Religious Education at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and author of Forgetting Ourselves on Purpose: Vocation and the Ethics of Ambition (2002).
Michael Warren is Professor for Religious Education and Catechetical Ministry in the Department of Theology, St. John's University. His other books include Seeing through the Media and At This Time in This Place.
David F. White is the C. Ellis and Nancy Gribble Nelson Professor of Christian Education at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. David's most recent writing includes Joy: A Guide for Youth Ministry with Sarah F. Farmer and Miroslav Volf (2020), Dreamcare: A Theology of Youth, Spirit, and Vocation (Cascade, 2013), Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian Resistance in a Consumer Culture with Brian J. Mahan and Michael Warren (Cascade, 2007), and Practicing Discernment with Youth (2005).
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Title: Awakening Youth Discipleship: Christian ...
Publisher: Cascade Books
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: paperback
Condition: Very Good