As an extension of the author's "Empirical Dogmatic of Adolescence", this article deals with prayer as a topic of religious education. After a short description of its intention and method, it features different forms and theological interpretations of prayer that adolescents can adopt for their self-expression in different life settings. Next, in a value structure analysis the empirical preferences of prayer among adolescent worshippers are described as a function of their individual biographic contexts. Then a hermeneutic analysis relates the aforementioned patterns of theological (self-)reflection to the empirical juvenile patterns of attitude towards prayer. The concluding educational considerations develop rich theological perspectives for discourse on prayer with adolescents.

Enthalten in:
Evangelische Theologie; 2013/1 Zweimonatsschrift (2013)

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Serie / Reihe: Evangelische Theologie

Personen: Gennerich, Carsten

Schlagwörter: Jugendlicher Wertorientierung Gebet Gottesvorstellung Religiöse Erziehung