Table of Contents

Contents

1. Youth Ministry and Bonhoeffer: Finding a Forefather
Part 1: The History of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Youth Worker
2. Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the Youth Worker
3. The Origins of the Youth Worker
4. The Fracture of the Idyllic: The Death of Walter and the Adolescence of Dietrich Bonhoeffer
5. From a Youth to Doing Youth Ministry: The Theological in Sanctorum Communio
6. Tears for Mr. Wolf: Barcelona and After
7. The Child as Eschatological: Back to Berlin and On to New York
8. Back to Berlin--Again
9. They Killed Their Last Teacher! The Wedding Confirmation Class
10. The Younger Generation and the Führer: Into the Political
11. "Eight Theses on Youth Work": In London Exile
12. Finkenwalde: From Youth Ministry into Intentional Community
13. Back to Youth Ministry
14. Toward a Destiny: From Youth Pastor to Spy
Part 2: A Youth Worker's Guide to Discipleship and Life Together
15. Youth Ministry and Discipleship
16. The Youth Worker and Life Together
Index

About the Author

Andrew Root (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is Carrie Olson Baalson Chair of Youth and Family Ministry at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is the author of numerous youth ministry books, including The Children of Divorce, and coauthored (with Kenda Creasy Dean) The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry.