Personal Bible Reading and the Faith Formation of Teenagers in a Digital Age
Abstract History shows that the use of the Bible by Christians has changed over the centuries. With the digitization and the ubiquitous accessibility of the Internet, the handling of texts and reading itself has changed. Research has also shown that young people’s faith adapts to the characteristics...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Brill
2021
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Journal of youth and theology
Année: 2021, Volume: 20, Numéro: 2, Pages: 165-190 |
| RelBib Classification: | HA Bible KBB Espace germanophone KDD Église protestante ZG Sociologie des médias; médias numériques; Sciences de l'information et de la communication |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
faith formation
B Bible Reading B Digitization B Youth B Teenagers |
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| Résumé: | Abstract History shows that the use of the Bible by Christians has changed over the centuries. With the digitization and the ubiquitous accessibility of the Internet, the handling of texts and reading itself has changed. Research has also shown that young people’s faith adapts to the characteristics of the ‘age of authenticity’, which changes the role of normative institutions and texts in general. With regard to these developments this article deals with the question: How relevant is personal Bible reading for the faith formation of highly religious Protestant German teenagers? Answers to this question are provided from previous empirical surveys and from two qualitative studies among highly religious teenagers in Germany. The findings indicate, that other spiritual practices for young people today are more important as a source of faith than reading the Bible. The teenagers interviewed tend to seek an individual affective experience when reading the Bible, so that the importance of cognitive grasp of the content takes a back seat to personal experience. |
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| ISSN: | 2405-5093 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Journal of youth and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/24055093-02002004 |