Spirituality for Youth-Work
：New Vocabulary, Concepts and Practices
Publication subTitle ：New Vocabulary, Concepts and Practices
Author： Phil Daughtry > Stuart Devenish
Publisher： Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication year： 2016
E-ISBN: 9781443814829
P-ISBN(Hardback): 9781443894470
Subject： B9 Religion
Keyword： 宗教
Language： ENG
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Description
This book addresses a systemic gap in existing studies on human services and youth work. While the notion of spirituality does make rare appearances in such literature, it is often vaguely defined and underdeveloped both as a concept and as a mode of practice. This ambiguity is symptomatic of the broader shift in the sociological context of Western and global societies that has been referred to variously as post-modern, late-modern and post-secular. From the perspective of the relationship between human development and the spiritual/theological, we live in a “time between times”. We have not yet worked out how to speak of “spirit”; nor how to include its meanings in positive youth intervention, and developments in our language for a public spiritual consciousness remain in a state of cultural flux. This book offers a coherent vocabulary and narrative from which to construct a more explicit and deliberate practice of spiritual care, education and professional identity for youth workers. It speaks directly to youth work practitioners, managers of youth services, those providing youth work education, and anyone with an interest in youth and spirituality research and practice.
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