Youth Ministry as Practical Theology

Youth ministry is ministry and therefore demands that youth ministers articulate a compelling theological understanding of the world and a deep understanding of young people In contemporary culture. Students will organize their own theological understanding In ways that make sense both to themselves and to the practice of ministry with young people. Topics include theological anthropology in conversation with adolescent development, Christian community in a world filled with mediated social relations, faithful worship with the lurking temptation of spectacle, vocation in a difficult economy, eschatology and the death of a young person.