{"product_id":"the-theological-turn-in-youth-ministry-9780830838257","title":"The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristianity Today\u003c\/i\u003e Book Award of Merit winner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat haunts your youth group?\u003c\/i\u003e So often we avoid talking about doubts and fears because we feel inadequately equipped to address them in any meaningful way. The crisis of existence can't be answered with pat Sunday school formulas or a few Bible verses, let alone another relay race.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe questions our youth have are often the same ones that perplexed the great theologians, driving them to search for God in the places God didn't appear to be--places of brokenness, suffering and confusion. What if we let these questions drive our search for God too?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean invite you to envision youth ministries full of practical theologians, addressing the deep questions of life with a wonderfully adolescent mix of idealism, cynicism and prophetic intolerance for hypocrisy. Follow them into reflection on your own practice of theology, and learn how to share that theology through rich, compassionate conversation and purposeful experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKenda Creasy Dean\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of youth, church and culture at Princeton Theological Seminary, where she works closely with the Institute for Youth Ministry. She is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003ePracticing Passion, The God-Bearing Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAlmost Christian.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Root\u003c\/b\u003e is in the Baalson Olson Chair as associate professor of youth and family ministry at Luther Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota). He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eRevisiting Relational Youth Ministry.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330002653458,"sku":"9780830838257","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c269e569-3059-40cf-ae91-f80bf882fc9d.jpg?v=1727788501","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-theological-turn-in-youth-ministry-9780830838257","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}