Wednesday 27 February 2008

Week 8 - Final Paper Outline

Middle School Kids and Pop Culture in Boulder, Colo.
I. Examine an aspect of culture: Pop Culture in youth (Drawing from Barker)
A. Pop Culture amongst kids in Boulder
B. Pop Culture amongst kids at First Pres Church
C. Analysis of difference, insights from above
II. Use Bevans’ “synthetic approach” to engage the culture
III. How Can the Church Community Address This?
A. Acknowledgment of no simple solutions
1. Problem of “hyper-realism”
B. Parents and their role
C. A holistic approach
1. Networks of Adults
2. Rites of Passage?
3. Deconstructing messages: don’t hide your head in the sand - work though media with kids

1 comment:

Unknown said...

This looks like a good start. Think of how in part 2 you can argue for a gospel response to 1 and then develop that in 3.