Evoking Testimony Through Holy Listening: The Art of Interview as a Practice in Youth Ministry

The creation of listening communities is an urgent task for youth ministry in the post-modern era. People engaged in the quest for faithful living in a world of competing truths desperately need trusted listeners with whom to unfold their inner longings. This article proposes that such listening com...

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Main Author: Baker, Dori Grinenko (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2005
In: Journal of youth and theology
Year: 2005, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 53-68
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)
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Summary:The creation of listening communities is an urgent task for youth ministry in the post-modern era. People engaged in the quest for faithful living in a world of competing truths desperately need trusted listeners with whom to unfold their inner longings. This article proposes that such listening communities, created during research into the faith-lives of teens, might well be replicated through the intentional use of interviews as constructive sites for the production of self knowledge in the practice youth ministry.
ISSN:2405-5093
Contains:In: Journal of youth and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/24055093-90000137