Consuming Youth: Leading Teens Through Consumer Culture

by Rick Bartlett, John Berard, James Penner

Book Overview

Today's relentless, consumer culture--dominated by popular media's emphasis on bigger, better, and more, and catering to teenagers' every want and desire--is leaving our youth adrift in a sea of conflicting messages. Messages that youth workers and faith communities need to decode and redirect from consumption as the primary purpose of youth. Consuming Youth explores the shifts needed to move from the fragmented, isolated and consumer driven story...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0310669359
• ISBN13: 9780310669357
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Zondervan
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up