TY - JOUR
T1 - Organisational Strategies to Bridge the Theological Language Gap
T2 - Exploring the Youth Ministry Practice of New Ecclesial Movements through Case Study Research
AU - The-Mertens, Stephie
PY - 2017/5/22
Y1 - 2017/5/22
N2 - (Theological) language is an important theme in youth ministry. Conveying the Gospel message entails making it accessible and understandable to young people. Thus, it is important to bridge the theological language gap that can exist between organisers and young people in New Ecclesial Movements (NEMs), movements associated with religious orders, and general youth ministry practice. By describing aspects of NEMs and Catholic youth ministry in the Netherlands, introducing the theological language gap and presenting early findings of a Franciscan Youth Work case study, this article proposes four organisational strategies to bridge the gap.
AB - (Theological) language is an important theme in youth ministry. Conveying the Gospel message entails making it accessible and understandable to young people. Thus, it is important to bridge the theological language gap that can exist between organisers and young people in New Ecclesial Movements (NEMs), movements associated with religious orders, and general youth ministry practice. By describing aspects of NEMs and Catholic youth ministry in the Netherlands, introducing the theological language gap and presenting early findings of a Franciscan Youth Work case study, this article proposes four organisational strategies to bridge the gap.
KW - New Ecclesial Movements
KW - youth ministry
KW - theological language gap
KW - case study research
UR - http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/24055093
U2 - 10.1163/24055093-01601002
DO - 10.1163/24055093-01601002
M3 - Article
SN - 1741-0819
VL - 16
SP - 3
EP - 24
JO - Journal of Youth and Theology
JF - Journal of Youth and Theology
IS - 1
ER -