Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church

Practicing Passion: Youth and the Quest for a Passionate Church

by KendaCreasyDean (Author)

Synopsis

Focusing on the theological resonance between the Passion of Christ and adolescents' experience of passion, the author develops a framework for youth ministry that draws on the historic practices of the Christian community as a "curriculum of passion".

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More Information

Format: Illustrated
Pages: 276
Edition: Illustrated
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Published: 01 Feb 2006

ISBN 10: 0802847129
ISBN 13: 9780802847126

Media Reviews
?This book is not a typical how-to manual for youth groups?. Dean offers a theological prescription not only for youth ministry but also for the whole church.?
? The Christian Century
Kenda Creasy Dean is the liveliest theologian of youth culture in the United States today. Youth ministers who read this book will see how adolescents are theological, and theologians who read this book will see why theology should be more adolescent.
? Tom Beaudoin
This book is not a typical how-to manual for youth groups. Dean offers a theological prescription not only for youth ministry but also for the whole church.
The Christian Century
Kenda Creasy Dean is the liveliest theologian of youth culture in the United States today. Youth ministers who read this book will see how adolescents are theological, and theologians who read this book will see why theology should be more adolescent.
Tom Beaudoin
-This book is not a typical how-to manual for youth groups.... Dean offers a theological prescription not only for youth ministry but also for the whole church.-
-- The Christian Century
Kenda Creasy Dean is the liveliest theologian of youth culture in the United States today. Youth ministers who read this book will see how adolescents are theological, and theologians who read this book will see why theology should be more adolescent.
-- Tom Beaudoin