Heidegger, Bonhoeffer and the Concept of Home in Christian Youth Work

A Theological Vision for the Church's Work with Young People
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-3-030-96692-8
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 251 g

This book explores what it means to be and become-at-home in theological perspective, located in the context of a youth club. Drawing on ethnographic research, Phoebe Hill presents an account of what an authentic Christian hospitality could look like in a youth setting, and the ways in which the young people – the strangers at the door – might enable the Christian youth worker to become more fully at home. Discourses around Christian hospitality often unwittingly perpetuate implicit power imbalances. The youth club offers a context for Christian hospitality that ‘tips’ the power in favour of the young people who attend, enabling the youth leaders to share and create home with young people in a distinctive way. As young people leave the Church in droves, the Church faces the urgent and daunting task of finding new ways of being with young people on their own terms; this book offers one solution. 

Hill argues that homecoming is an essential task of humanity. Weare connected in this common pilgrimage and the need to find places and spaces where we can be at home. Becoming at home may be harder than ever before; numerous sociological, philosophical and theological factors are compromising our ability to dwell in the contemporary world. 

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hill, Phoebe

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Westliche Philosophie: Neuzeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Introduction: Finding Home.- Chapter 2:    Robbie: No Place Like Home.- Chapter 3:Michael: The Youth Club Home.-  Chapter 4: Jonas: Home and Homelessness.- Chapter 5: Shahid: A Christian Home.-  Chapter 6: Miriam: A Penultimate Home.- Chapter 7: Charlotte: A New Vision for Christian Hospitality to Young People.- Chapter 8: Conclusion: A Theological Vision for Youth Work.- Chapter 9: Postscript: Beyond Youth Work.

Über Autor(innen)

Phoebe Hill is Head of Theology at Youthscape, a youth-centered Christian ministry based in Luton, UK. She holds a PhD in Theology from King's College London, UK.