Chrysostom and Generation Z: Resilience, Identiy, and Social Justice
Generation Z (Gen Z) comprises current adolescent culture, bringing with them a generational worldview lens for topics such as: suffering, success, identify formation, and social justice. Gen Z values safety, has a heart for the outcasted, and is forming identity around successes and accomplishments...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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Journal of youth and theology
Year: 2024, Volume: 23, Issue: 2, Pages: 209-230 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity NBE Anthropology NCC Social ethics RF Christian education; catechetics |
| Further subjects: | B
Adolescence
B Discipleship B Chrysostom B Generation Z B youth outreach B Resilience B Gen Z B John Chrysostom B Youth Ministry B Adolescent B iGen B Virtue B Safety |
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| Summary: | Generation Z (Gen Z) comprises current adolescent culture, bringing with them a generational worldview lens for topics such as: suffering, success, identify formation, and social justice. Gen Z values safety, has a heart for the outcasted, and is forming identity around successes and accomplishments. This article seeks to ground Gen Z with a piece of historical Christian faith and teaching, applying the fourth-century teachings of John Chrysostom to today’s Gen Z. Much like Chrysostom’s audience, Gen Z views suffering and hardship as punitive and to be avoided. Chrysostom’s teaching provides a fuller understanding of suffering, equipping his audience, and today’s Gen Z, with a mode for building resilience through thanksgiving. Chrysostom taught on the importance of charity, which allows Gen Z to engage their generational values for tolerance and acceptance in the Kingdom of God. |
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| ISSN: | 2405-5093 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of youth and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/24055093-11230001 |
