Jos de Kock & Bård Norheim 
The Five Questions [EPUB ebook] 
An Academic Handbook in Youth Ministry Research

Research in youth ministry has excelled and developed rapidly over the last four decades. Youth ministry is not just a church practice, but has become an emerging academic discipline, with a variety of methodological, theoretical, and contextual approaches. This academic handbook offers an assessment of contemporary youth ministry research to assist students doing bachelor, master, and doctoral research, and youth ministry scholars, in their studies of youth ministry. By examining youth ministry research through the lens of the following five fundamental questions, the reader is challenged to engage with state-of-the-art theory, methods, and findings from current youth ministry research:

– Who are the youth in youth ministry?
– Where is God in youth ministry?
– What is the purpose of youth ministry?
– Who is the youth minister in youth ministry?
– How to research practices in youth ministry?

The academic handbook is a must-read for everyone who is interested in systematic reflection on youth ministry and youth ministry research.

About the author

Bard Eirik Hallesby Norheim is a Norwegian theologian, pastor, youth missionary, and musical artist (Reverend B). His first full-length book in English, Practicing Baptism (2014), came with a musical album and music video titled ‘Practicing Baptism’ (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k Ve Q9o L6kk). Norheim grew up on the west coast of Norway, by Bergen. After living and serving in post-Soviet Estonia for many years, he is passionately involved in researching and teaching youth ministry. He is now serving as Chair of the IASYM (International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry) and works at NLA University College in Bergen, Norway, as Associate Professor of Practical Theology and Head of Department of Theology and Religion.