Book, Bath, Table, and Time: Christian Worship As Source and Resource for Youth Ministry (Youth Ministry Alternatives) (Paperback)

by Fred P. Edie (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 258 pages
• Publisher: Pilgrim Press (October 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0829817441
• ISBN-13: 978-0829817447
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #717,725 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the two or three best resources, September 18, 2008

By	David F. White "dwhite7" (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews

I hope this reviewer will exercise much greater care in his youth ministry than in the writing of this review. First of all, the author's name is Fred Edie. Further, while not replete with stories of congregations the ideas in the book are immanently transferable to anyone with half an imagination. This is one of the top two or three best resources on youth ministry on the vast market today. Youth ministry that hopes to retain any kind of distance from consumerism and consumerist models of youth ministry needs a liturgical center. Fred Edie's book elegantly and creatively reveals the possibilities for establishing such a center in a residential community at Duke. While it is not a recipe book for youth ministry, it plows the important ground of middle theory between high theology and low strategy. Further, there is a lot here to spark the imagination. We need more books like this and fewer books on tips, tricks and techniques.

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Creative Analysis, Removed Application, September 17, 2008

By	Rocky Supinger (Claremont CA) - See all my reviews

Charles Edie's contribution to the Youth Ministry Alternatives series is provocative and interesting. For analysis and critique of North America's relationship to language, food, and time, you won't find much better.

But this is not a book for youth ministers looking for stories of practical application of that analysis. Edie is deeply involved in the Duke Youth Academy for Christian Formation, and all of his examples are drawn from that two-week annual event. Needless to say, for a youth minister hungry for stories of colleagues fashioning liturgically-driven youth ministry week-in-and-week-out in a local congregation, there's not much here.