This groundbreaking and provocative book charts the recent history and impact of Christian youth work. It argues that the extraordinary growth of the evangelical movement in the UK can be attributed to its work among young people, and demonstrates how the youth work of one generation shapes the adult church of a later one. Peter Ward opens up vital areas of debate - has youth work become primarily defensive, rather than evangelical? Are we afraid to engage creatively with modern culture? What hope is there for the church of the future?

Growing Up Evangelical: Youthwork and the Making of a Subculture

Ward, Pete

Society for Promoting Christia

Pete Ward argues that to make sense of the contemporary nature of the Church we must understand the way that encounter with God is mediated by cultural expression. Through participation in expression the contemporary Church is both a lived-in 'culture' while it is also 'in-dwelt' by the Trinitarian God. He offers a theoretical approach to practical theology which will be of use to practitioners rather than merely to other practical theologians.

Participation And Mediation: A Practical Theology for the Liquid Church

Religion & Spirituality

Christian Books & Bibles

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

The Wisdom of the Spirit: Gospel, Church and Culture (Routledge Contemporary Ecclesiology)

Politics & Social Sciences

Percy, Martyn

Sociology

Routledge

The Church and Youthwork

Lion Books

Describing any conceivable collector's item around, this hilarious guide to some of the world's wackiest plastic collectibles covers everything from Charles and Di slippers to Marilyn Monroe hot-water bottles.

Fantastic Plastic: The Kitsch Collector's Guide

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Ward combines theologically-based theory and practical application to encourage youthworkers to meet kids where they're at, befriend them, and then begin to introduce them to Christ. Helpful discussion questions follow each chapter. "Pete Ward is uniquely gifted as a cultural observer, . . . as one who can relate especially to rebellious young people, and as a leader of leaders as well as of youth."Dean Borgman, Charles E. Culpeper Professor of Youth Ministries, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (from the foreword)

God at the Mall: Youth Ministry That Meets Kids Where They're At

Baker Academic

The church must be like water--flexible, fluid, changeable. This book is a vision for how the church can embrace the liquid nature of culture rather than just scrambling to keep afloat while sailing over it. Ward urges us to move away from the traditional understanding of church as a gathering of people meeting in one place at one time to a dynamic notion of church as a series of relationships and communications. In the Liquid Church, membership is determined by participation and involvement. Liquid Church is continually on the move, flowing in response to the Spirit and the gospel of Jesus, the imagination and creativity of its leaders, and the choices and experiences of its worshippers.

Liquid Church

Baker Books

New England Bouldering

A comprehensive bouldering guide to New England's best areas. Written by Tim Kemple, New England Bouldering has the Beta on all the problems at Lincoln Woods, Pawtuckaway and Blair Woods, Hammond Pond, Rumney, Smugglers' Notch, Western Mass, and McKenzie Pond. Pete Ward illuminates each area with insightful and humorous historical sections. Scores of Kemple’s action photographs will pump you up to get out and climb.

Kemple, Tim

Wolverine Publishing

Celebrity Worship (Media, Religion and Culture)

Celebrity Worship provides an introduction to the fascinating study of celebrity culture and religion. The book argues for celebrity as a foundational component for any consideration of the relationship between religion, media and culture. Celebrity worship is seen as a vibrant and interactive discourse of the sacred self in contemporary society. Topics discussed include: <ul>
<li>Celebrity culture.</li> <li>Celebrity worship and project of the self as the new sacred.</li> <li>Social media and the democratisation of celebrity.</li> <li>Reactions to celebrity death.</li> <li>Celebrities as theologians of the self.</li> <li>Christian celebrity.</li> </ul>
Using contemporary case studies, such as lifestyle television, the religious vision of Oprah Winfrey and the death of David Bowie, this book is a gripping read for those with an interest in celebrity culture, cultural studies, media studies, religion in the media and the role of religion in society.

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