| Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys Contributor(s): Dykstra, Robert C. (Author), Cole Jr, Allan Hugh (Author), Capps, Donald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0664229611 ISBN-13: 9780664229610 Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press OUR PRICE: $23.40 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2007 Annotation: Revealing that adolescent boys often identify themselves as losers, loners, and rebels, this book investigates the interior lives of boys as they develop their sense of self and begin the spiritual journey that will carry them throughout their lives. (Practical Life) |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Youth - Religion | Christian Education - Children & Youth - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Teenagers |
| Dewey: 259.23 |
| LCCN: 2007003349 |
| Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6.34" W x 8.99" (0.78 lbs) 216 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Sex & Gender - Boy's Interest - Topical - Teen - Theometrics - Mainline - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The early years of adolescence are a tumultuous time, full of challenges and opportunities that can shape one's whole life. In recent years several books have analyzed this period of life for girls, but this is the first book that investigates the interior life of boys as they develop their sense of self and begin the spiritual journey that will carry them throughout their lives. The authors contend that adolescent boys often experience themselves at various times as losers, loners, and rebels. As self-defined losers, boys begin to realize self-awareness; as loners they begin to understand their own relatedness to the larger world; as rebels they gain a sense of self-sufficiency. Through these common experiences of life, boys gain self-awareness, self-transcendence, and self-sufficiency, concepts that take root in the spirituality that will last their lifetime. |
Contributor Bio(s): Cole Jr, Allan Hugh: - Allan Hugh Cole Jr isthe Nancy Taylor WilliamsonAssociate Professor of Pastoral Care at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Austin, Texas. He serves on the editorial boards of two journals, Pastoral Psychology and Insights: The Faculty Journal of Austin Seminary and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.).Dykstra, Robert C.: - Robert C. Dykstra is the Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Dykstra served for a number of years as a minister, youth minister, hospital chaplain, and pastoral counselor.Capps, Donald: - Donald Capps is William Harte Felmeth Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. He is the author of more than two dozen books in pastoral theology, including The Poet's Gift and The Child's Song. |