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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2017]
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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 |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1547-3201 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious education
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2016.1152873 |