Len Kageler 
Youth Ministry in a Multifaith Society [EPUB ebook] 
Forming Christian Identity Among Skeptics, Syncretists and Sincere Believers of Other Faiths

In simpler, more homogenous times, youth ministry was a relatively straightforward activity. The church's youth gathered (occasionally inviting their unchurched friends from school), played together, sang together and listened together to a message from a bright, engaging youth minister, selecting from a relatively defined set of topics: ‘What does it mean to follow Jesus when it comes to _______?’Now Christian youth must make sense of their faith, with its exclusive claims, in light of their close friends who are Muslim, Jewish, Buddhist, atheist, ‘other’ or even ‘none.’ And increasingly other religions are taking their cues for rooting and establishing their youth from Christian ministry practices, so that our kids are being invited to outreach events sponsored by other faiths. Veteran youth minister and researcher Len Kageler digs into the data surrounding this exciting multifaith era and offers surprising confidence that our kids can be guided into mature Christian faith while simultaneously learning to love their neighbors of other religions.

Tabella dei contenuti

Foreword by Chap Clark
Introduction
1 The Rise of Youth Ministry in Other Religions
A Good Thing for Christian Youth Work?
2 The Scope and Nature of Muslim Youth Work
Have They All Read Purpose-Driven Youth Ministry?
3 The Rise of Syncretists and Nones
Understanding Those Whose Faith Is to Have None at All
4 Christians in Occupied Territory
The Church Has Been There, Done That
5 Theology in Praxis: Latent or Articulated Views of Multifaith
Youth Ministry on Purpose
6 Multifaith Perspectives: A Reason to Care
Youth Religiosity, Flourishing and the Public Good

Circa l’autore

Len Kageler, Ph.D, is professor of youth and family studies and associate dean of faculty development at Nyack College in New York. He has authored a dozen books, including The Youth Ministry Survival Guide (Zondervan, 2008) and The Volunteer's Field Guide to Youth Ministry (Group, 2011). He speaks and teaches widely in North America and the European Union. He and his wife Janet live just outside of NYC, and love camping and hiking. Len is a serious runner and has an excellent reputation for making superb omelets on winter backpacking trips, even at 20 degrees while camping on snow. He does not always achieve his reading goal (3 books a month) but the books are duly noted in his reading journaland at the end of the year he heads for Starbucks and enjoys a (cerebral) Book of the Year ceremony in which the top three books are declared.