02666cam a22002774a 450000100090000000300090000900500170001800800410003501000170007602000380009303500240013104000630015504200080021808200150022610000250024124500810026626000440034730000370039150400410042850506580046950508030112752003580193065000280228865000300231670000420234616714839AU-EpEBC20120416145318.0110331s2011    ilua     b    000 0 eng    a  2011013716  a9780830838257 (pbk. : alk. paper)  a(OCoLC)ocn703207315  aDLCcDLCdYDXdBTCTAdYDXCPdLNTdBTAdCDXdZIDdDLCdNEMB  apcc00a259.23/ROO1 aRoot, Andrew,d1974-14aThe theological turn in youth ministry /cAndrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean.  aDowners Grove, IL :bIVP Books,cc2011.  a264 p. :billus. ; pbk ;c23 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references.0 aPart 1 : theological starting points : what does youth ministry have to do with theology? -- The new rhetoric of youth ministry / Kenda Creasy Dean -- God is a minister : youth ministry as fundamentally theological / Andrew Root -- Youth ministry as an integrative theological task : toward a representative method / Andrew Root -- Proclaiming salvation : the ministry of youth for the twenty-first-century church / Kenda Creasy Dean -- Walking into the crisis of reality : how theology is constructed / Andrew Root -- Youth ministry as discerning Christopraxis : a hermeneutical model / Andrew Root -- God's hiddenness, absence and doubt / Andrew Root.0 aPart 2 : theology enacted : exploring youth ministry practice -- Is Jesus magic? : healing and the cross in youth ministry / Andrew Root -- Talking about sin with young people / Andrew Root -- Holding on to our kisses : the hormonal theology of adolescence / Kenda Creasy Dean -- The eschatological significance of summer camp / Kenda Creasy Dean -- What are we doing in these mountains? : the outdoor trip and the theology of the cross / Andrew Root -- The mission trip as global tourism : are we ok with this? / Andrew Root -- Doubt and confirmation : the mentor as co-doubter / Andrew Root -- Ascension deficit disorder : youth ministry as a laboratory for hope / Kenda Creasy Dean -- Postscript : reflecting on method : youth ministry as practical theology / Andrew Root with Blair D. Bertrand.  aAndrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean invite us to envision youth ministries full of practical theologians, addressing the deep questions of life with a wonderfully adolescent mix of idealism, cynicism and prophetic intolerance for hypocrisy. The result is a more rigorous and meaningful youth ministry, and a more theologically grounded and engaged church. 0aChurch work with youth. 0aTheologyvyouth ministry.1 aDean, Kenda Creasy,d1959-ejnt auth.