Created in Delight: Youth, Church, and the Mending of the World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498262613)

Created in Delight challenges the church to take seriously the relationship of human beings with the earth and their fellow creatures. It challenges communities of faith to construct youth and young adult ministry through an ecological hermeneutic. Van Meter includes narratives from his youth work and teaching as well as ecological theology and an exploration of contemporary ecological concerns. He challenges youth and young adult ministers to seek their own formation through practicing hope in resistance to despair as they engage ecological questions in partnership with young people. The book concludes by asserting that cultivating curiosity, compassion, resilience, wisdom and other virtues is essential for the continuing health of young people and faith communities.

Author: Timothy L. Van Meter
ISBN-10: 1498262619
ISBN-13: 9781498262613
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
Language: English
Published: 03/20/2013
Pages: 134
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.38d