| Toward a Prophetic Youth Ministry: Theory and PRAXIS in Urban Context Contributor(s): Arzola Jr, Fernando (Author) |
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ISBN: 0830828028 ISBN-13: 9780830828029 Publisher: IVP Academic OUR PRICE: $25.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2008 Annotation: Fernando Arzola addresses the gap in the literature of youth ministry resources conceived and realized in an urban setting. He brings together three dominant paradigms--traditional, liberal and activist--to create an approach that is informed by Scripture and the contemporary realities of adolescent development in an urban setting. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Ministry - Youth |
| Dewey: 259.230 |
| LCCN: 2007043217 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.48" W x 9.06" (0.69 lbs) 186 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Theometrics - Academic - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Theometrics - Mainline |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Youth ministries in an urban context are too often left to their own devices. The resources available to them are overwhelmingly conceived, tested and produced exclusively in the suburbs, and bring little to bear on the realities of urban youth culture. As a consequence, youth ministries in large cities have tended to settle onto one of three paths--a traditional paradigm that jealously guards the spiritual formation of its young people, a liberal paradigm that concentrates exclusively on personal growth, and an activist paradigm that galvanizes youth around the social concerns surrounding them. While each of these emphases is important, too often they are pursued to the neglect of the others, and the urban church suffers. Fernando Arzola Jr. proposes a fourth way, a prophetic paradigm that integrates the three and cultivates young people who are spiritually rooted, emotionally mature and responsive to the needs of their community. In this pace-setting book he draws on various disciplines--from biology to sociology, from psychology to theology--to guide urban youth workers into an effective and transformational ministry to youth. |
Contributor Bio(s): Arzola Jr, Fernando: - Fernando Arzola Jr. |