Protestant Theological University

About: Protestant Theological University is a education organization based out in Kampen, Netherlands. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Religious education & Protestantism. The organization has 86 authors who have published 188 publications receiving 889 citations.

Youth Worship in Protestant Contexts : A Practical Theological Theory of Participation of Adolescents

Abstract: Since the second part of the nineteenth century, young people have been considered more and more as a specific group. This development has grown since the second part of the twentieth century. Differentiation has also come in churches.1 Youth Ministry has got shape, often with a missionary aim. Worshipping in the youth’s own language also has become more urgent. In the 21st century, the church faces this challenge in a context that has its own tension: the context of a network society where many young Christian people live in a post-Christian setting. Moreover, the phenomenon of youth churches at the beginning of this century had put forward the topic of youth worship.2 The problem was that we did not have much academic insight into the field of youth worship and the perspectives of adolescents in this. A conceptual framework to interpret youth worship in the Protestant context in the Netherlands had to be developed. The question in this research was: how do adolescents participate in youth worship? The aim was twofold: firstly, to describe and explain how adolescents participate in youth worship, and secondly to formulate the contemporary concepts that can be helpful to gain a better academic insight in the field of youth worship. We sought to understand the perspective of young people on worship, their longings and motivations, their expressions and experiences. Our contribution to the study of participation in youth worship took place in the practical theology and more specific at the intersection of youth ministry and liturgical ritual studies.

De liefde van God

Abstract: The love of God In this essay, an attempt is made to understand what Christians mean by the love of God. Starting point for this understanding is the biblical witness about the decisive self-revealing actions of love God has performed in the history of Israel and in Jesus Christ. Then, different forms of human love are described. A definition of divine love is given in terms of elements that can be found in these forms of human love and in God’s self-revealing actions of love. Two questions about this definition that are crucial to Vincent Brummer’s account of the love of God, are discussed. First, what is the nature of God’s longing? And second, does the love between God and human beings exclude rights and duties?

Influencing Contextual Factors in the Religious Identity Development of Strict Reformed-Raised Emerging Adults in the Netherlands.

Abstract: Religious identity development is highly influenced by contexts. This influence is even more powerful for young people who grew up in strict religious contexts because of the prominence of orthodox...