CF550
Borgman
CF550: ADOLESCENT CULTURE. Dean Borgman.
DESCRIPTION:
- This course revolves around three sets of challenging questions:
(1) What is the nature of culture, generally, and pop and youth culture more
specifically? (2) How do contemporary culture systems affect young people in
our society? (3) How can we keep track of all that's going on in the youth
culture and apply our information to ministry?
RELEVANCE FOR MINISTRY:
- This course attempts to raise your professionalism, your ability to
respond to the needs of young people, and your effectiveness in communicating
the Gospel by way of the following goals: (1) To enable you to observe our
culture (especially the youth and popular cultures) more critically. (2) To
foster your excitement and hunger for theology--to make your preaching and
teaching with young folks more prophetic and relevant. (3) To enable you to
monitor and research the youth culture. (4) To help you create media-oriented
discussions with adolescents.
COURSE FORMAT:
- This course is highly interactive, combining lecture and
presentations with open class and small group discussions on the course
material. Assigned readings are to have been prepared for each class. The class
will meet Monday-Friday, February 10-21, 7:00-9:50 p.m.
REQUIRED READING:
- Background: You are encouraged to be familiar with these three
books.
- Elkind, David. All Grown Up and No Place to Go:
Teenagers in Crisis. Addison-Wesley, 1984.
- Howe, Neil and Bill Strauss. 13th Generation: America's 13th
Generation. Vintage books, Random House, 1993.
- Rice, Wayne. Junior High Ministry: A Guidebook for the Leading and
Teaching of Early Adolescents. Zondervan, 1987.
- Borgman, Dean. Theology of Youth Ministry. Unpublished
manuscript.
- Pipher, Mary. Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent
Girls. Ballantine Books, 1994.
- Zustiak, Gary. The Next Generation: Understanding and Meeting the Needs
of Generation X. College Press Publishing Co., 1996.
RECOMMENDED READING:
- Barna, George. The Invisible Generation: Baby Busters. Barna
Research Group, 1992.
- French, Thomas. South of Heaven. Doubleday, 1993.
- Lull, James. Popular Music and Communication. Sage, 1992.
- Medved, Michael. Hollywood vs. America: Popular Culture and the War on
Traditional Values. HarperCollins, Zondervan, 1992.
- Schultze, Quentin, et al. Dancing in the Dark: Youth Pop Culture and the
Electronic Media. Eerdmans, 1991.
- Ward, Peter. Youth Culture and the Gospel. Zondervan, 1992.
(Available from England only.)
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Annotated bibliography, three quizzes, personal reflections, and a
research project.
PREREQUISITES:
- None.
RELATIONSHIP TO CURRICULUM:
- Meets concentration requirement in Adolescent Ministries for the
M.A.C.L.
FINAL EXAMINATION:
- None.