Strange Bedfellows: A partial works cited from my Theological Foundation Statement for Ministry with Youth

February 10, 2011 · 15 comments

As part of my course work at Luther Seminary in the Children, Youth, and Family Ministry program, I was required to write a "Theological Foundation Statement for Ministry with Youth". The process of writing the paper provided the chance for me to codify many of the thoughts that have been rumbling around in my head for the last few years (years!).

Anyway, I realized that the authors and works cited in the paper is, well, interesting. These are some strange bedfellows, to be sure. Peruse the list and draw your own conclusions.

  • Jean Baudrillard, Simulacra and Simulation
  • Gerald Bruns, Hermeneutics Ancient and Modern
  • Frederick Buechner, The Hungering Dark
  • John Caputo, What Would Jesus Deconstruct?: The Good News of Postmodernism for the Church
  • Philip Clayton, Transforming Christian Theology: For Church and Society
  • Kaiser Family Foundation, Daily Media Use Among Children and Teens Up Dramatically from Five Years Ago
  • Thomas Friedman, The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century
  • Douglas John Hall, The Reality of the Gospel and the Unreality of the Churches
  • David Lipsky, Although of Course You End up Becoming Yourself: A Road Trip with David Foster Wallace
  • David Lyon, Postmodernity: Second Edition
  • Lesslie Newbigin, Proper Confidence: Faith, Doubt, and Certainty in Christian Discipleship
  • Richard Rohr, The Naked Now: Learning to See as the Mystics See
  • Christian Smith, Soul Searching: The Religious and Spiritual Lives of American Teenagers
  • David Foster Wallace, This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life
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    • Clifford

      Be sure to share this with Blake Huggins!

    • http://blakehuggins.com Blake Huggins

      This reminds me of my bibliographies. I'm all about brining together those strange bedfellows.

    • http://blakehuggins.com Blake Huggins

      This reminds me of my bibliographies. I'm all about brining together those strange bedfellows.

    • http://blakehuggins.com Blake Huggins

      This reminds me of my bibliographies. I'm all about brining together those strange bedfellows.

    • http://blakehuggins.com Blake Huggins

      This reminds me of my bibliographies. I'm all about brining together those strange bedfellows.

    • http://blakehuggins.com Blake Huggins

      This reminds me of my bibliographies. I'm all about brining together those strange bedfellows.

    • http://blakehuggins.com Blake Huggins

      This reminds me of my bibliographies. I'm all about brining together those strange bedfellows.

    • http://mattcleaver.com Matt Cleaver

      Quite a list there.

      Now post the whole thing.

    • http://yourobdtsvt.blogspot.com David Bühler, PhD

      These are all great reads. What about E.R. Tufte, Zygmunt Bauman, Slavoj Zizek, and the whole dang PoMo gang, anyway??

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    • http://yourobdtsvt.blogspot.com David Bühler, PhD

      These are all great reads. What about E.R. Tufte, Zygmunt Bauman, Slavoj Zizek, and the whole dang PoMo gang, anyway??

      PS: If you liked that quote from Oblivion, you might want to read J.L. Borges' story in "DXream Tiogers" about the man who tried to map the world IN 100% SCALE!

    • http://yourobdtsvt.blogspot.com David Bühler, PhD

      These are all great reads. What about E.R. Tufte, Zygmunt Bauman, Slavoj Zizek, and the whole dang PoMo gang, anyway??

      PS: If you liked that quote from Oblivion, you might want to read J.L. Borges' story in "DXream Tiogers" about the man who tried to map the world IN 100% SCALE!

    • http://yourobdtsvt.blogspot.com David Bühler, PhD

      These are all great reads. What about E.R. Tufte, Zygmunt Bauman, Slavoj Zizek, and the whole dang PoMo gang, anyway??

      PS: If you liked that quote from Oblivion, you might want to read J.L. Borges' story in "DXream Tiogers" about the man who tried to map the world IN 100% SCALE!

    • http://yourobdtsvt.blogspot.com David Bühler, PhD

      These are all great reads. What about E.R. Tufte, Zygmunt Bauman, Slavoj Zizek, and the whole dang PoMo gang, anyway??

      PS: If you liked that quote from Oblivion, you might want to read J.L. Borges' story in "DXream Tiogers" about the man who tried to map the world IN 100% SCALE!

    • http://yourobdtsvt.blogspot.com David Bühler, PhD

      These are all great reads. What about E.R. Tufte, Zygmunt Bauman, Slavoj Zizek, and the whole dang PoMo gang, anyway??

      PS: If you liked that quote from Oblivion, you might want to read J.L. Borges' story in "DXream Tiogers" about the man who tried to map the world IN 100% SCALE!

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