Download PDF: Corrie, Pastoral Care for Youth After watching dozens of people walk up the aisle of the church sanctuary, I decided to join them. I knew exactly for whom I would light my candle – a student I taught
“Intensity and Sustainability” Consultation on Youth in Religious Practice, October 12-14, 2008 at Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Download PDF: Bischoff, Intensity and Sustainability Organized and sponsored by the Concentration in Religious Practices and Practical Theology. Held in conjunction with the Candler School of Theology Fall Conference, “Re-envisioning Leadership for a Hope-filled Future.” Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Oh Be Careful Little Eyes What You See: Preaching to Youth and Homiletical Analysis, A Case Study
Download PDF: Voelz, Be Careful Abstract Many youth find themselves regularly engaged in the practice of preaching. Unfortunately, preaching and sermons for/to youth undergo little to no homiletical analysis by members of both academy and church. In order to encourage more
Just See What Happens
In summer 2006, I participated in the month-long Youth Theological Initiative’s Summer Academy (YTI) at Emory University. For the first time in my life, I came into contact with adults who believed I was capable of and interested in theological
In Search of Community: A Tell of Two Travelers
Download PDF: Morris, In Search of Community Abstract Outside the familiar walls of churches, we young people often struggle to express our faith in relationships with peers. Even with my fellow Presbyterian college roommate, I struggle to articulate my faith; we
Going There: Teens, After School Programs, and Spiritual Development
Download PDF: Borkin, Going There You are the bows from which the children as living arrows are sent forth. The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite, and He bends you with His might that His arrow
Complicated Identities: Multiculturalism and Dubai Youth
Download PDF: Schedneck, Complicated Identities It’s an amazing country. The guy who bakes your bread there is Iranian, the person running the restaurant is Indian, and the carpenter’s Punjabi. The man who irons your clothes is from Madras, the taxi driver’s
Prophets and Mystics: A Reflection on Teaching
Download PDF: Mahan, Prophets and Mystics Abstract Some confusions are more distressing than others. Those which impinge on my teaching rank among the more serious. Among these, one stands out from the rest. I have repeatedly noted but never made sense
Kitchen Table Youth Ministry: A Paradigm for Spiritual Formation of Youth
Download PDF: Strukova, Kitchen Table Youth Ministry Abstract This article introduces a family-based approach to Christian formation of youth, centered around a metaphor of kitchen table. It argues that a kitchen table is a space for family’s togetherness. In this
Out of the Mouths of Babes: Exhortation by Children and the Great Revival in Kentucky
Download PDF: Smith, Out of Mouths of Babes Abstract Boys and girls as young as five offered public exhortations in the revivals that rolled across Kentucky in the first years of the nineteenth century. Revival beliefs and practices combined with existing
Religious Idealism: Serving Others in the Name of Faith
Download PDF: Occhpinti, Religious Idealism Abstract For some college students on spring break, cement floors and bowls of rice have taken the place of beaches and beer, becoming an opportunity to serve others in the name of religious faith. Although
Vernacular Abstinence: Teenagers, Purity Rings, and Rites of (Blocked) Passage
Download PDF: Miller, Vernacular Abstinence Abstract In the past ten years, public ceremonies in which teenagers pledge to remain sexually abstinent until marriage have surged in popularity. One such, “The Silver Ring Thing” program, aims to teach sexual morality by
Princesses and Soldiers: Girls’ Gender Construction at Faithspring Baptist Church, Atlanta
Download PDF: Hulsether, Princesses and Soldiers Abstract Princesses and Soldiers grew out of an undergraduate ethnography assignment. It explores the constructions of gender and sexuality in a Baptist youth group examining the motifs of fairytale and war games with which the
Communal Discernment: Knowing God Together
Download PDF: Eklund, Communal Discernment ABSTRACT A key part of Christian ministry to youth is nurturing discernment, that is, learning how to discern God’s will. I assume in this essay that discernment is less about making good decisions per se
Women Remaking American Judaism
Download PDF: Prell, Women Remaking American Judaism_Prell_Imhoff–JS–Finalized–7-2-09 By Riv-Ellen Prell (Editor) Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2007. 352 pages. $25.95. No serious observer could deny the influence of gender on religion in contemporary America. But many scholarly treatments of women continue to
In the Presence of Sai Baba: Body, City, and Memory in a Global Religious Movement
Download PDF: Srinivas, In the Presence of Sai Baba By Smriti Srinivas Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers, 2008. 403 Pages. $184.00. Throughout her book, In the Presence of Sai Baba, anthropologist Smriti Srinivas explores the relationship between the south Indian religious teacher Sathya Sai
Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers
Download PDF: Regnerus, Forbidden Fruit By Mark D. Regnerus New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 304 pages. $29.99. In Forbidden Fruit, Mark D. Regnerus has contributed a compelling sociological study addressing the effects of religion on the sexuality of American
Women’s Lives, Women’s Rituals in Hindu Tradition
Download PDF: Pintchman, Womens Lives Womens Rituals Edited by Tracy Pintchman New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. 224 pages. $50.00. The collection of essays in the edited volume Women’s Lives, Women’s Rituals in the Hindu Tradition explores the ways in