Faith Tribes as Powerful Communities of Adolescents in Highly Differentiated Societies

This article describes how communal aspects of faith find their way back into the lives of adolescents. The communal aspects of faith within individualized societies need more attention. It seems that with the current emphasis on individual faith, the intrinsic power of communal aspects of faith has...

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Authors: Wijnen, Harmen van 1967- (Author) ; Barnard, Marcel 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2017]
In: Religious education
Year: 2017, Volume: 112, Issue: 4, Pages: 418-430
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CH Christianity and Society
RF Christian education; catechetics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article describes how communal aspects of faith find their way back into the lives of adolescents. The communal aspects of faith within individualized societies need more attention. It seems that with the current emphasis on individual faith, the intrinsic power of communal aspects of faith has been lost. This study shows that informal communities of adolescents-faith tribes-can restore the individual-communal balance in faith development. Youth ministry should encourage adolescents and tribal leaders to be aware of the faith possibilities of tribes.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2016.1152873