RT Article
T1 Development Towards Maturity: A Literature Review on Desired Outcomes in Youth Ministry, Part 1
JF Journal of youth and theology
VO 23
IS 1
SP 5
OP 28
A1 Kock, Jos de
LA English
PB Brill
YR 2024
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1885225326
AB This article is the first of two centring around the theme of desired outcomes of youth ministry practices, which are often embedded in a certain conception of spiritual maturity. The review study which forms the basis for these two articles aims to construct a theoretical framework on desired outcomes in youth ministry on the basis of a systematic literature review of scholarly works in peer-reviewed journals regarding the subject published from 1996 up to 2021. The wide range of outcomes as observed in the literature is classified by describing three areas of youth ministry goals: the areas of spiritual development, personal development and social development. Current, first, article accounts for the particularities of the research design of the review study and presents the outcomes found in the literature within the particular area of spiritual development. The review study as a whole and this particular article contribute to a broader academic area of interest in how to envision or define spiritual maturity, particularly Christian maturity, and what this means for formational practices such as youth ministry.
K1 Goals
K1 faith formation
K1 Practical Theology
K1 Developmental Psychology
K1 Religious Education
K1 Youth Ministry
K1 religious outcomes
DO 10.1163/24055093-bja10044