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A Word of Welcome from the Chair |
 Dear friends and colleagues,
We are glad to present you the latest information on our association through the website. The newest issue of the Journal of Youth and Theology (volume 9/2) is now online and available for the membership.
The call for the European IASYM conference in 2012 in Tallinn (Estonia) can also be found on these pages. Please join us in the process of reflection on sustainable youth ministry, even if you are not living and/or working in Europe. For the issue of sustainability is a global issue!
The next international conference of IASYM will take place in Cambridge (UK) from 3 thru 6 January 2013. Please mark this date in your agenda. We will announce the theme and send out the call for papers in Spring 2012. In that period of time we will also invite our membership to answer to a survey and to reflect with us on the future of the association. The 10th volume of the journal which will be a double issue, will contain some mind stretching papers on the future of youth ministry and of our association. So please join us in this promising process. We need your insights and ideas!
Bert Roebben
Please Note: We are a global organisation and the use of English is until now the most appropriate communication form. An English presentation of the association can be consulted by clicking here. For a French presentation, click here. If you would like to contribute to the broadening of the horizon of IASYM through translation into other languages, please contact us! For further understanding of IASYM, please also see Bert's presentation, "Youth Ministry as a Test Case for Practical Theology."
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JYT (Vol. 9, No. 2) Now Available |
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Call for Papers: Tallinn 2012 |
 IASYM (International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry) invites researchers, educators, and PhD and master students interested in the field of youth ministry to the third European IASYM conference which will be held at the Theological Institute of the Estonian Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Tallinn, Estonia. The theme of the conference is: “Sustainable youth ministry: Research for Post Secular Europe.”
What is sustainable youth ministry in contemporary Europe? The current debate regarding the ‘post-secular’ nature of the current social context in Europe presents a challenge to IASYM to continue reflecting upon the changing nature of religion in the region. What does this shifting landscape mean for youth ministry? What assumptions can be made about the worldviews of young people? What research methodologies are most suitable for conducting empirical research about religion and young people? What theological and conceptual frameworks should be developed to aid understanding of how youth ministry can be sustained in contemporary Europe? What sociological discoveries and theories are helpful for revealing changes that affect ministry among young people?
The conference will investigate this theme through (invited) keynote lectures (45 minutes), papers (30 minutes and a response of 15 minutes) presenting both research results and work in progress. Presentation of papers will take place in workshop sessions where time will be given for comment and responses.
We invite papers (4000-5000 words) from a wide variety of topics that address the theme of the conference from different contextual perspectives and research approaches within the field of youth ministry.
Deadlines:
• Send abstracts for proposed papers (approximately 300 words) to pmsonnenberg@pthu.nl : November 1, 2011
• Acceptance notification: December 1, 2011
• Paper (4000-5000 words), final draft: February 1, 2012
The full conference programme and details regarding online registration are forthcoming.
Academic Conference Committee:
* Dr. Sarah Dunlop, King's College London, England, sarahlbdunlop@gmail.com
* Professor Bert Roebben, University of Dortmund, Germany, hubertus.roebben@tu-dortmund.de
* Professor Ulrich Schwab, University of Munich, Germany, ulrich.schwab@LMU.de
* PhD student Ronelle Sonnenberg, Protestant Theological University, Utrecht, the Netherlands, pmsonnenberg@pthu.nl
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Presenting the Work of the IASYM |
Bert Roebben offers insight into the history, work, and future vision of the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry (IASYM) in a paper entitled, Youth, Culture and Theology in Plural: Presenting the Work of the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry. This paper is available for download in both English and French.
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