Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry: From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation
- ISBN-10
- 0830834885
- ISBN-13
- 9780830834884
- Category
- Religion
- Pages
- 221
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-10-08
- Publisher
- InterVarsity Press
- Author
- Andrew Root
Description
Andrew Root reviews the history of relational/incarnational youth ministry in American evangelicalism and recasts the practice as one of "place-sharing"--not so much "earning the right to be heard" as honoring the human dignity of youth and locating God in their midst.
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