Foreword by Chap Clark
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1: Beyond Self and Individual Identity
1. The Way We See It: Social Constructionism and Practical
Theology
2. The Inadequacies of Individualism
3. Relational Beings
4. The Reality and Not so Reality of Life Stories
Part 2: Coordinating a Life Story: Relational Narrative
Development
5. Life Story
6. Childhood Foundational Elements for Adolescence
7. Relational Narrative Development in Early Adolescence
8. Relational Narrative Development in Midadolescence
Part 3: God?s Story
9. Reading the Bible
10. Movements in Youth Ministry Practices
11. Life Story in Christ
12. Relational Responsibility
Conclusion
Afterword by Kenneth J. Gergen
Brandon McCoy serves as youth pastor at New Hope Baptist Church in Gastonia, North Carolina, and is an adjunct instructor in the department of religious studies and philosophy at Gardner-Webb University. He is an associate at the Taos Institute, a community of scholarly practitioners who extend social constructionist dialogues into diverse practical settings.
"This book provides a new perspective for looking at youth
ministry, and indeed ministry with all people. . . . This book is
recommended for all who are involved with youth ministry. It is
appropriate for church and college libraries."
*Robert Huttmeyer, Catholic Library World, Vol. 84, No. 3*
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