young adult books and resources . . .

Young Adult Ministry Nuts and Bolts

• Young Adult Ministry in the 21st Century: The Encyclopedia of Practical Ideas by Brad Lewis, Beth Robinson, Carl Simmons. ISBN: 0-7644-2801-2. Group Publishing
• Starting a Young Adult Group by Kelly Phipps.  Free PDF download.  Herald Publishing House.

`Young Adult Trends/Culture

• Why Christian? For Those on the Edge of Faith? By Douglas John Hall. ISBN: 0-8006-3130-7. Fortress Press.
• After the Baby Boomers: How Twenty and Thirty Somethings Are Shaping the Future of American Religion by Robert Wuthnow. ISBN: 978-0-691-12765-1. Princeton University Press.
• The Critical Years: Young Adults and the Search for Meaning, Faith, and Commitment by Sharon Parks. ISBN: 9780060664886. Hapercollins.
• Emerging Adulthood: The Winding Road from the Late Teens Through the Twenties by Jeffery Jensen Arnett. ISBN: 9780195309379. Oxford University Press, USA 
• Rejuvenile: Kickball, Cartoons, Cupcakes, and the Reinvention of the American Grown-up by Christopher Noxon. ISBN: 9781400080892. Three Rivers Press 

Disciple Formation

• The God We Never Knew: Beyond Dogmatic Religion to a More Authentic Contemporary Faith by Marcus J. Borg. ISBN: 9780060610357. HarperOne.
• Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People, Dorothy C. Bass. ISBN: 9780787938833. Jossey-Bass.
• Living Jesus, Learning the Heart of the Gospel by Luke Timothy Johnson. ISBN: 9780060642839. HarperOne.
• Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard Foster. ISBN: 9780060628390. HarperOne.
• Loving Jesus, Mark Allan Powell. ISBN: 9780800636760. Augsburg Fortress Publishers.
• Soul Tending: Life-Forming Practices for Older Youth and Young Adults, ISBN: 9780687030798. Abingdon Press.

Bible Study

• Interpretation Bible Study Series, selected books of the Bible, Genesis – Revelation, Westminster John Knox Press
• 20/30 Bible Study for Young Adults (Series), Abingdon Press
• “Push It” Bible Study for Young Adults by Bible Quest
• Scripture Tradition and My Life by Kelly Phipps (Community of Christ) ISBN: 9780830910922, Herald House.

Bible Reference

• The New Interpreter’s Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version With the Apocrypha. ISBN: 9780687278329. Abingdon Press.
• Interpretation, a Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching Series. Westminister/John Knox Press.
• The Interpreter’s Dictionary of the Bible (They are currently coming out with new editions of this resource) HarperCollins Bible Commentary (one volume)
•  The New Testament for Everyone (14 Volumes) by Tom Wright. Westminister/John Knox Press

Social Justice

• God’s Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It by Jim Wallis. ISBN: 9780060834470. HarperOne.
• Me to We: Finding Meaning in a Material World by Craig and Marc Kielburger. ISBN: 9780743298315. Fireside.

Stewardship

• Consuming Faith: Integrating Who We are with What We Buy by Tom Beaudoin. ISBN: 9781580512084. Sheed & Ward.
• Financial Harmony by Orval Fisher – www.cofchrist.org/FinancialHarmony
• Three Simple Rules by Theo A. Boers ISBN: 9780974910529, Morris Publishing
• The Power of Generosity: How to Transform Yourself and Your World by Dave Toycen.  ASIN B000OEAK2U. HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited.

Earth Stewardship

• A Greener Faith: Religious Environmentalism and Our Planet’s Future by Roger S. Gottlieb. ISBN: 9780195176483. Oxford University Press, USA.