Product Description
by Jos de Kock (Author), Bård Norheim (Author), Malan Nel (Foreword by)
Research in youth ministry has excelled and developed rapidly over the last four decades. Youth ministry is not just a church practice, but has become an emerging academic discipline, with a variety of methodological, theoretical, and contextual approaches. This academic handbook offers an assessment of contemporary youth ministry research to assist students doing bachelor, master, and doctoral research, and youth ministry scholars, in their studies of youth ministry. By examining youth ministry research through the lens of the following five fundamental questions, the reader is challenged to engage with state-of-the-art theory, methods, and findings from current youth ministry research: - Who are the youth in youth ministry? - Where is God in youth ministry? - What is the purpose of youth ministry? - Who is the youth minister in youth ministry? - How to research practices in youth ministry? The academic handbook is a must-read for everyone who is interested in systematic reflection on youth ministry and youth ministry research.
Author Biography
Jos de Kock is Professor of Practical Theology at and Rector of Evangelische Theologische Faculteit (ETF), Leuven. He also coordinates the ETF Leuven Institute for the Study of Religious Education and Youth Ministry (ISREYM). His specializations are in the fields of Children & Youth, Religious Education, Youth Ministry, Empirical Research, Practical Theology, and Theological Education. From 2013-2019 he served as chief editor of Journal of Youth and Theology.
Bård Norheim is Professor of Theology at NLA University College in Bergen, Norway. From 2014-2022 he served as President of the Executive Committee of IASYM - the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry. He is the author of Practicing Baptism: Christian Practices and the Presence of Christ (2014) and The Four Speeches Every Leader Has to Know (2020, with Joar Haga).
