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This book examines the experiences of young people and youth workers in Northern Ireland who are involved in Christian, faith-based youth work. It considers the purpose and distinctiveness of this work through the eyes of those actively engaged in it.
Price: $40.95
Pages: 244
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Publication Date:
22 December 2026
ISBN: 9781447377504
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Child welfare and youth services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, RELIGION / Christian Education / Children & Youth, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Youth, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, Social groups: religious groups and communities, Age groups: adolescents, Religious social and pastoral thought and activity
Mark McFeeters is Lecturer in Community Youth Work at Ulster University. He has worked in the youth work sector for 18 years, in the community voluntary sector for Youth Initiatives NI and East Belfast Mission.
1. Introduction
2. Practitioner research
3. Social Learning, A Landscape
4. Youth Work, Young People and Faith
5. Perspectives of Young People and Youth Workers in N. Ireland
6. Conceptualising Faith-Based Youth Work as a Community of Practice
7. A Typology: Grappling with the Tensions and Dilemmas
8. Conclusion