Bibliography for Young Adults and Postmodern Ministry

Anderson, Herbert and Edward Foley. Mighty Stories, Dangerous Rituals: Weaving Together the Human and the Divine. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Anderson, Walter Truett. Really Isn’t What It Used to Be. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.

Barna, George. Generation Next: What You Need to Know About Today’s Youth. Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1995.

Beaudoin, Tom. Virtual Faith: The Irreverent Spiritual Quest of Generation X. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1998.

Beaudoin, Tom. Lecture 1: Is There a Generation X? Ritz Lectureship, Winebrenner Seminary. April 24, 2000.

Beaudoin, Tom. Lecture 2: The GenX Spiritual Quest. Ritz Lectureship, Winebrenner Seminary. April 25, 2000.

Beaudoin, Tom. Lecture 3: Living Fidelity: An Agenda for GenX Ministry. Ritz Lectureship, Winebrenner Seminary. April 25, 2000.

Bosch, David. Believing in the Future: Toward a Missiology of Western Culture. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1995.

Celek, Tim, Dieter Zander and Patrick Kampart. Inside the Soul of a New Generation: Insight and Strategies for Reaching Busters. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996.

Cox, Kristoffer GenX and God: A GenX Perspective. Chanhassen, MN: Tekna Books, 1998.

Dean, Kenda Creasy, Ron Foster and Rita Collett. The Godbearing Life: The Art of Soul Tending for Youth Ministry. Nashville: Upper Room Books, 1998.

Dyrness, William A. How Does America Hear the Gospel? Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1989.

Easum, William. Dancing with Dinosaurs: Ministry in a Hostile & Hurting World. Nashville: Abingdon, 1993.

Easum, William M. and Thomas G. Bandy. Growing Spiritual Redwoods. Nashville: Abingdon, 1997.

Epstein, Jonathan. Youth Culture: Identity in a Postmodern World. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 1998.

Ford, Kevin Graham and Jim Denney with foreword by George Gallup, Jr. Jesus for a New Generation: Putting the Gospel in the Language of Xers. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.

Frambach, Nathan C. P. “Resourcing Ministry for Postmodern Culture” (Pamphlet) 2000.

Gortner, David T. “Young Adults and Religion: How Three Distinct Approaches Influence Personal Theologies, Self-Concepts, and Behaviors” (Lecture presented at AAR/SBL Meeting in Boston, November 1999).

Gortner, David T. “Stone Soup: An Unusual Connection Between Young Adults, Organized Religion, and Urban Social Justice” (Urban Field Research Report prepared May 1999 at the University of Chicago).

Grenz, Stanley. A Primer on Postmodernism. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996.

Guder, Darrell L., editor. Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1998.

Hahn, Todd and David Verhaagen. Reckless Hope: Understanding and Reaching Baby Busters. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1996.

Hahn, Todd, David Verhaagen, Julie Culbreath, Ellen Verhaagen and Daniel Kruidenier. GenXers after God: Helping a Generation Pursue Jesus. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 1998.

Hersch, Patricia. A Tribe Apart: A Journey Into the Heart of American Adolescence. New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1998.

Hoge, Dean R., Benton Johnson, and Donald A. Luidens. Vanishing Boundaries: The Protestant Baby Boomers. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1994.

Hogsdon, Peter Crafts. Winds of the Spirit: A Constructive Christian Theology. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox, 1994.

Howe, Neil, William Strauss, R.J. Matson (Illustrator) and Ian Williams (Contributor). 13th Gen: Abort, Retry, Ignore, Fail? New York: Vintage Books, 1993.

Kalergis, Mary Motley. Seen and Heard: Teenagers Talk About Their Lives. New York: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1998.

Kegan, Robert. In Over Our Heads: The Mental Demands of Modern Life. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994.

Lakeland, Paul. Postmodernity: Christian Identity in a Fragmented Age. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1997.

Lawson, Hilary. Reflexivity: The Post-Modern Predicament. London: Hutchinson and Co. Ltd., 1984.

Long, Jimmy. Generating Hope: A Strategy for Reaching the Postmodern Generation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1997.

Lyotard, Jean-Francois. The Post-Modern Condition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1984.

Males, Mike. Framing Youth: 10 Myths about the Next Generation. Monroe, ME: Common Courage Press, 1999.

Middleton, J. Richard and Brian Walsh. Truth Is Stranger Than It Used To Be: Biblical Faith in a Postmodern Age. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1995.

Miller, Craig Kennet. Postmoderns: The Beliefs, Hopes & Fears of Young Americans (1965-1981). Nashville: Discipleship Resources, 1996.

Newbigin, Leslie. The Gospel in a Pluralist Society. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1989.

Parks, Sharon. The Critical Years: The Young Adult Search for a Faith to Live By. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1986.

Parks, Sharon Daloz. Big Questions, Worthy Dreams: Mentoring Young Adults in Their Search for Meaning, Purpose, and Faith. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2000.

Regele, Mike and Mark Schulz. Death of the Church: The Church Has a Choice: To Die As a Result of Its Resistance to Change or to Die in Order to Live. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1995.

Rochelle, Jay Cooper. “Preaching and the Post-Modern Condition.” Lutheran Partners. Vol. 16, 6 (November/December 2000). pp. 22-31.

Roof, Wade Clark. Spiritual Marketplace: Baby Boomers and the Remaking of American Religion. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1999.

Rushkoff, Douglas. The GenX Reader. New York: Ballantine Books, 1994.

Sample, Tex. The Spectacle of Worship in a Wired World: Electronic Culture and the Gathered People of God. Nashville: Abingdon, 1998.

Schaller, Lyle E. It’s A Different World: The Challenge for Today’s Pastor. Nashville: Abingdon, 1987.

Schreiber, Andrea Lee and Ann Terman Olson, editors. What Next?: Connecting Your Ministry with the Generation Formerly Known as X*. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress, 1999.

Slaughter, Michael. Out on the Edge: A Wake Up Call for Church Leaders on the Edge of the Media Reformation. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998.

Strauss. William and Neil Howe. Generations: The History of America’s Future, 1584 to 2069. New York: William Morrow, 1991.

Strauss, William and Neil Howe. The Fourth Turning: An American Prophecy. New York: Broadway Books, 1997.

Sweet, Leonard I. Aqua Church: Essential Leadership Acts for Piloting Your Church in Today’s Fluid Culture. Loveland, CO: Group Pub.,1999.

Sweet, Leonard I. Soul Tsunami: Sink or Swim in New Millennium Culture. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999.

Tapscott, Don. Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998.

Ward, Glenn. Teach Yourself Postmodernism. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1997.

Zustiak, Gary Blair. The Next Generation: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Generation X. Joplin, MO: College Press Pub. Co., 1996.