{"product_id":"the-end-of-youth-ministry-why-parents-dont-really-care-about-youth-groups-and-what-youth-workers-should-do-about-it-9781540961396","title":"The End of Youth Ministry?: Why Parents Don't Really Care about Youth Groups and What Youth Workers Should Do about It","description":"What is youth ministry actually for? And does it have a future? Andrew Root, a leading scholar in youth ministry and practical theology, went on a one-year journey to answer these questions. In this book, Root weaves together an innovative first-person fictional narrative to diagnose the challenges facing the church today and to offer a new vision for youth ministry in the 21st century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformed by interviews that Root conducted with parents, this book explores how parents' perspectives of what constitutes a good life are affecting youth ministry. In today's culture, youth ministry can't compete with sports, test prep, and the myriad other activities in which young people participate. Through a unique parable-style story, Root offers a new way to think about the purpose of youth ministry: not happiness, but joy. Joy is a sense of experiencing the good. For youth ministry to be about joy, it must move beyond the youth group model and rework the assumptions of how identity and happiness are imagined by parents in American society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10445710\"\u003eAndrew Root\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baker Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/17\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781540961396\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1540961397\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL109030\"\u003eChristian Ministry | Youth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL091000\"\u003eChristian Education | Children \u0026amp; Youth\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-REL\"\u003eReligion\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-REL012030\"\u003eChristian Living | Family \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrew Root\u003c\/b\u003e (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Carrie Olson Baalson Professor of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, and has written extensively about youth ministry. He is the author of numerous books, including \u003ci\u003eFaith Formation in a Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pastor in a Secular Age\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBonhoeffer as Youth Worker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Children of Divorce\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRevisiting Relational Youth Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRelationships Unfiltered\u003c\/i\u003e, and the coauthor (with Kenda Creasy Dean) of \u003ci\u003eThe Theological Turn in Youth Ministry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baker Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43845316771979,"sku":"9781540961396","price":33.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_a04a0505-0995-432b-a3aa-3758b00ae4f6.jpg?v=1755879136","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-end-of-youth-ministry-why-parents-dont-really-care-about-youth-groups-and-what-youth-workers-should-do-about-it-9781540961396","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}