Heidegger, Bonhoeffer and the Concept of Home in Christian Youth Work : A Theological Vision for the Church's Work with Young People

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Child welfare

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Wordery

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Springer international publish

Heidegger, Bonhoeffer and the Concept of Home in Christian Youth Work : A Theological Vision for the Church's Work with Young People : Palgrave Macmillan : 9783030966898 : 3030966895 : 26 May 2022 : 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 daunt

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