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Youth and Young Adult Ministry

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Key Resources on Youth Ministry in the US

This guide is for providing helpful resources on topics relating to youth ministry.

Books

These books provide a good mix of theory and practice in youth ministry (primarily within a U.S. context).

Navigating Toward Adulthood by Theresa A. O'Keefe
Call Number: Available online
Always On by Angela Williams Gorrell
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Young Catholic America by Christian Smith; Kyle Longest; Jonathan Hill; Kari Christoffersen
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Soul Searching by Christian Smith; Melina Lundquist Denton
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Hurt 2. 0 by Chap Clark
Call Number: Available online
Our Catholic children: ministry with Hispanic youth and young adults by Hosffman Ospino
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4468.2.H57 O97 2018
Renewing the Vision by U. S. Catholic Bishops Staff
Call Number: TML Stacks BX2347.8.Y7 R46 1997
Christian Youth Work in Theory and Practice by Sally Nash (Editor); Jo Whitehead (Editor)
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4447 .N37 2014
The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry by Andrew Root; Kenda Creasy Dean
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4447 .R6625 2011
Connecting Young Adults to Catholic Parishes by United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Committee for Laity, Marriage, Family Life, and Youth Staff
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4446 .C66 2010
Contemplative Youth Ministry by Mark Yaconelli
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4447 .Y23 2006
Way to Live by Dorothy C. Bass; Don C. Richter; Jeannie Crawford-Lee (Editor)
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4531.3 .W39 2002
The Handbook of Spiritual Development in Childhood and Adolescence by Peter L. Benson; Eugene C. Roehlkepartain; Pamela Ebstyne King (Editor); Linda M. Wagener
Call Number: Available online
Youth and Work: Witnessing to Christ in the World of Work by International Youth Forum (9th, 2007)
Call Number: TML Stacks BX2347.8 .Y7 I57 2008
Princeton Lectures on Youth by Princeton Theological Seminary's Institute for Youth Ministry.
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4447 .U54 2000

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Almost Christian by Kenda Creasy Dean
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Big Questions, Worthy Dreams by Sharon Daloz Parks
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Book, Bath, Table, and Time by Fred P. Edie
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Practicing Discernment with Youth by David F. White
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4447 .W532 2005
Reciprocal Church by Sharon Galgay Ketcham
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Sons and Daughters of the Light by U. S. Catholic Conference Staff
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4446 .C27 1997
College Hookup Culture and Christian Ethics by Jennifer Beste
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IGen by Jean M. Twenge
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Children, Youth, and Spirituality in a Troubling World by Mary Elizabeth Moore (Editor); Almeda Wright (Editor)
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4571.3 .C45 2009
Global Youth Ministry by Terry Linhart; David Livermore
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4447 .G555 2011
Starting Right by Kenda Creasy Dean; Chapman Clark; Dave Rahn
Call Number: O'Neill Stacks BV4446 .S73 2001
The Vision of Catholic Youth Ministry by Robert J. McCarty (Editor); Laurie Delgatto
Call Number: TML Stacks BX2347.8 .Y7 V48 2005
Youth Ministry in the 21st Century by Chap Clark (Editor, Contribution by)
Call Number: TML Stacks BV4447 .Y5843 2015

Last Updated: Sep 17, 2025 1:25 PM
Subjects: Theology
Tags: ministry, theology

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