Extravaganza workshop resources

January 30th, 2009 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0) |

This post is for those who attended my workshop at the 2009 Extravaganza, Understanding Postmodernism and its Implications for Youth Ministry.

In the workshop, I mentioned that there would be some additional resources here, and I always (er, usually) deliver on a promise. So here they are. Feel free to ponder, distribute, and remix these materials as you see fit.

Before we get to the goods, though, let’s stay in touch. You can find me on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and you can chat with me or send me an email at jakebouma[at]gmail[dot]com.

Recommended reading: Books

Below is a list of books that have been beneficial to myself and others in understanding postmodernism and its implications in ecclesiology (how we “do” church).

  • A New Kind of Christian by Brian McLaren (this book changed my life)
  • Who’s Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church by James K.A. Smith
  • The New Christians: Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier by Tony Jones
  • How (Not) to Speak of God by Peter Rollins
  • The Gospel in a Pluralist Society and Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship by Lesslie Newbigin

    • If you’re really adventurous, you can read my undergraduate thesis, entitled “Toward a Postmodern Youth Ministry: An Examination of Postmodern Youth Culture in Conversation with the Emerging Church”. Download the 17-page PDF here.

    You can also download this PDF I made a while back which has a list of additional book recommendations.

    Recommended reading: Websites/blogs
  • The Ooze
  • Emerging Leaders Network
  • Luthermergent blog
  • The Church and Postmodern Culture
  • Emergent Village blog
  • The Next-Wave
  • …and most of the blogs on my Links page
    • Chart: The major paradigms of the Christian era

    Download: Microsoft Word format (.docx); Portable Document Format (.pdf)

    This chart is based upon and adapted from Paul Soupiset’s original chart, created c. 2004.

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    Wish I could have made it to Extravaganza. I'm shooting to be there in 2012. Ha!

    Posted by Matt Cleaver on January 31, 2009

    Hey Jake, this chart is good stuff. Also look forward to reading your thesis. Thanks for sharing!

    Posted by Steve Lindsley on January 31, 2009

    Haha… well, maybe I'll see you then! :)

    Posted by Jake Bouma on January 31, 2009

    Thanks, Steve. Don't judge the paper… it was written a long time ago! ;)

    Posted by Jake Bouma on January 31, 2009

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