Youth Culture 101 (Youth Specialties) [Paperback]

Walt Mueller (Author)

Book Description

Series: Youth Specialties | Publication Date: May 15, 2007

CPYU President Walt Mueller's critically acclaimed book, Understanding Today's Youth Culture, is widely recognized as one of the most thorough and comprehensive overviews of youth culture today. This Gold Medallion Book Award winner is used as a seminal text in colleges, universities, and seminaries around the world, but is especially noted for its honest and easy to read style. The book approaches youth culture from a distinctively Christian perspective and contains chapters on a variety of topics including: music, media, sexuality, materialism, drugs and alcohol, and spirituality. A great resource for parents, educators, youth workers, and pastors.

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About the Author

Walt Mueller is the founder and president of the Center for Parent Youth Understanding, a nonprofit ministry organization that has served churches, schools, and community organizations worldwide for nearly twenty years. He's a sought-after authority on youth culture and family issues and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and the BBC.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Paperback: 480 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan/Youth Specialties (May 15, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310273137
• ISBN-13: 978-0310273134
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #63,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #9 in Books > Teens > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity
  • #80 in Books > Christian Books & Bibles > Ministry & Church Leadership > Youth Ministry

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Walt Mueller is the founder and president of the Center for Parent Youth Understanding, a nonprofit ministry organization that has served churches, schools, and community organizations worldwide for nearly twenty years. He's a sought-after authority on youth culture and family issues and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and the BBC.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Timely, Wise, Real, November 12, 2007

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Michael J. Gormley (Stafford, Texas) - See all my reviews
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I am a youth minister of over 300 high school students and to 250 junior high students. I discovered this book through the Youth Specialties podcast a few months back and was so taken by author Walt Mueller's report of youth culture that I purchased and devoured the book.

This book offers parents and youth workers alike an opportunity to see the major trends and attitudes that are working within youth culture. I think the best treatment in this book is on Media and Marketing. Utilizing this information, I taught a class to parents of teens and then had a Life Night (our weekly gatherings in our Life Teen program) for our senior high students on Media and Marketing.

This book, especially in conjunction with "Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenager", can equip the parent or youth worker to become "cross-cultural missionaries" for the life and love of the young people today.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Helpful Work of Research on Current Youth Culture, March 24, 2010

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William Turner "John 5:24" (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews
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Mueller's book is certainly fact-filled and informative which shines through as the strength of his book. Mueller, who updates his research for this book every few years, has given youth pastors, workers and volunteers a helpful guide for informing them about the world most American teens live in today. His research is well-documented and the quotes from teens and their peers help reinforce his data.

I believe the book is a helpful aid when looking for current data and research findings on our youth, but the book is certainly not a "how to" guide for youth ministry and Christian life formation. It's meant to be a survey over the various issues faced by current teens and the book definitely succeeds at that time and again with the numerous problems it discusses, from sex and drugs to entertainment mediums and peer relationships.

This book is a good guide for any youth pastor or volunteer wanting an update on current youth culture from a reliable and respected source in evangelical Christian youth ministry. Though the book is more of an informative survey than a helpful methodology relating to current youth ministry, I definitely recommend it for all those wanting a trustworthy source for research and engagement.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Worth the read, March 6, 2008

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C. Wynne "chewy" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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Mueller understands culture. Along with his passion to help youth, he delivers this necessary tool for any youth worker.