Recommended Reading
A "recommended reading" list of books by our speakers and trainers at Urban Youth Workers Insititute 2007. To learn more about a subject matter below, click it do drop down to the corresponding list.
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Recommended Reading for
- Community Development
- Emerging Urban Church
- Emerging Urban Culture
- Practical Youth Ministry
- Social Justice
- Spiritual and Personal Development
- Street Ministry
- Theology
- DVD List
Community Development
1. Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism by Daniel Bell
2. Divided by Faith by Michael Emerson and Christian Smith
3. Encounter God In the City by Randy White
4. Journey to the Center of the City by Randy White
5. Plunge2Poverty: An Intensive Poverty Simulation Experience by Jimmy Dorrell & Janet Dorrell
6. Theirs is the Kingdom by Robert Lupton
7. Urban Sanctuaries by Milbrey McLaughlin
8. Where We Stand: Class Matters by Bell Hooks
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Emerging Urban Church
1. Simple Church by Thom S. Rainer and Eric Geiger
2. The Hip Hop Church by Efrem Smith and Phil Jackson
3. Trolls and Truth: 14 Realities About Today's Church That We Don't Want to See by Jimmy Dorrell
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Emerging Urban Culture
1. Am I Black Enough for You? by Todd Boyd
2. Between God and Gangsta Rap by Michael Eric Dyson
3. Black Beats for One People by Raymond Anderson
4. Black Empires, White Desires by Davarian L. Baldwin
5. Black Looks: Race and Representation by Bell Hooks
6. Bring The Noise: A Guide To Rap Music and Hip-Hop Culture by Havelock Nelson
7. Droppin' Science: Critical Essays on Rap Music and Hip Hop Culture by William Eric Perkins
8. English Is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas by Coco Fusco
9. Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality by Chuck D
10. Growing Up Digital: The Right of the Net Generation by Don Tapscott
11. Growing Up In America by Tony Campolo
12. Hip Hop Matters by S. Craig Watkins
13. Hip Hop America by Nelson George
14. Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur by Michael Eric Dyson
15. Inside the Soul of a New Generation by Tim Celek, Dieter Zander, and Patrick Kampert
16. New Black Man: Rethinking Black Masculinity by Mark Anthony Neal
17. Pop Culture Wars: Religion and the Role of Entertainment in American Life by William Romanowski
18. Postmodern Theory: Critical Interrogations by Steven Best and Douglas Kellner
19. Prophetic Thought in Postmodern Times by Cornel West
20. Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop by Imani Perry
21. Rap Music and Street Consciousness by Cheryl L. Keyes
22. Roc the Mic Right: The Language of Hip Hop Culture by H. Samy Alim
23. Soul Babies: Black Popular Culture and the Post-Soul Aesthetic by Mark Anthony Neal
24. That's the Joint! The Hip-Hop Studies Reader by Murray Forman and Mark Anthony Neal
25. Sacred Music of the Secular City: From Blues to Rap by Jon Michael Spencer
26. The Gospel Remix: Reaching the Hip Hop Generation by Ralph C. Watkins
27. The H.N.I.C.: The Death of Civil Rights and the Reign of Hip Hop by Todd Boyd
28. The Hip Hop Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture by Bakari Kitwana
29. The Holy Profane: Religion in Black Popular Music by Teresa Reed
30. The Hood Comes First: Race, Space, and Place in Rap and Hip-Hop by Murray Forman
31. The McDonaldization of Society by George Ritzer
32. The Emergency of Black and the Emergence of Rap by Jon Michael Spencer
33. Today's Music: A Window to Your Child's Soul by Al Menconi and Dave Hart
34. Understanding Theology and Popular Culture by Gordon Lynch
35. Understanding Today's Youth Culture by Walt Mueller
36. Welcome to the Jungle: The Why Behind Generation X by Geoffrey T. Holtz
37. What the Music Said: Black Popular Music and Black Public Culture by Mark Anthony Neal
38. Why White Kids Love Hip-Hop by Bakari Kitwana
39. Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White by Frank Wu
40. Young Black Rich and Famous: The Rise of the NBA, the Hip Hop Invasion, and the Transformation of American Culture by Todd Boyd
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Practical Youth Ministry
1. Ten Rules of Youth Ministry and Why Oneighty Breaks Them All by Blaine Bartel
2. 8 Habits of an Effective Youth Worker by Tim Smith
3. All Kids Are Our Kids: What Communities Must Do to Raise Caring and Responsible Children and Adolescents by Peter L. Benson
4. At Risk: Bringing Hope to Hurting Teenagers by Scott Larson
5. Battle Cry for a Generation by Ron Luce and Mike Guzzardo
6. Black and White Styles of Youth Ministry by William Myers
7. Caring For Sexually Abused Children by Timothy Kearney
8. City Lights: Ministry Essentials for Reaching Urban Youth by Scott Larson and Karen Free
9. Communicating God's Word in a Complex World: God's Truth or Hocus Pocus? by Daniel R. Shaw and Charles E. Van Engen
10. Contemplative Youth Ministry: Practicing the Presence of Jesus by Mark Yaconelli
11. Creative Urban Youth Ministry: A Resource for Youth Workers by Glandion Carney
12. Deep Ministry in a Shallow World by Chap Clark and Kara Powell
13. Discipling The City: A Comprehensive Approach to Urban Mission by Roger Greenway
14. Embracing Parents: How Your Congregation Can Strengthen Families by Jolene and Eugene Roehlkepartain
15. Extreme Answers to Extreme Questions by Katie Gieser
16. Families Where Grace is in Place by Jeff VanVonderen
17. Family-Based Youth Ministry by Mark DeVries
18. Five Cries of Youth by Merton Strommen
19. Generation Next by George Barna
20. Grace-Based Youth Ministry by Chris Hill
21. Growing Up With Divorce by Neil Kalter
22. Handbook on Counseling Youth by Josh McDowell and Bob Hostetler
23. Handling Your Hormones by Jim Burns
24. Hear My Story: Understanding the Cries of Troubled Youth by Dean Borgman
25. Help, I'm a Student Leader (Training Student Leaders) by Doug Fields
26. Help, I'm a Junior High Youth Worker by Mark Oestreicher
27. Help, I'm a Small Church Youth Worker by Rich Grassel
28. Help, I'm a Volunteer Youth Worker by Doug Fields
29. Help, I'm a Woman in Youth Ministry by Kara Powell and Heather Flies
30. Help, I'm an Urban Youth Worker by Ginger Sinsabaugh
31. Hurt: Inside the World of Today's Teenagers by Chap Clark
32. Identity and Inner City Youth by S.B. Heath and M.W. McLaughlin
33. Intensive Care: Helping Teenagers in Crisis by Rich Van Pelt
34. Introduction to Youth Ministry by John Dettoni
35. Investing In African American Youth by Darryl Freedman
36. Josh McDowell's Youth Ministry Handbook by Sean McDowell and Ray Willey
37. Keeping Your Teen in Touch with God by Robert Laurent
38. Leading From The Lockers (Training Student Leaders) by John Maxwell
39. Life After Birth: Bible Studies for Teen Moms by TastyFaith publishers
40. Ministry with Youth in Crisis by Harley Atkinson
41. No More Lone Rangers by David Chow
42. On The Outside Lookin In by Cristina Rathbone
43. Parents, Kids, and Sexual Integrity: Equipping Your Child by Donald M. Joy
44. Peppermint-Filled Pinatas by Eric Bryant
45. Proven, Practical Ways to Raise Good Kids by Peter L. Benson, Judy Galbraith, and Pamela Espeland
46. Purpose Driven Youth Ministry by Doug Fields
47. Raising Up Young Heroes by Efrem Smith
48. Reaching Kids Most Youth Ministries Miss by Tim Milburn
49. Reclaiming The Urban Family by Willie Richardson
50. Student Leadership Manual for Youth Workers by Dennis McLuen & Chuck Wysong
51. Teenage Wasteland by Donna Gaines
52. The Master Plan of Evangelism by Robert E. Coleman
53. The Urban Christian: Effective Ministries In Today's Urban World by Ray Bakke
54. The Youth Builder by Jim Burns & Mide Devries
55. Tough Problems, Real Solutions by Jim Burns
56. Well Connected by Phill Butler
57. When Kumbaya Is Not Enough by Dean Borgman
58. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
59. With Appreciation by Dean Borgman
60. Working With Black Youth by Charles Foster & Grant Shockley
61. Youth Fundraisers: Raising Money That Counts by Lynn Strother Hinkle
62. Youth Ministry In City Church by Eugene Roehlkenpartain
63. Youth Ministry That Transforms by Strommen & Jones & Rahn
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Social Justice
1. Building a People of Power by Bob Linthicum
2. Extreme Evil: Kids Killing Kids by Bob Larson
3. Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times by Luis Rodriguez
4. Reconciliation Blues by Ed Gilbreath
5. Seek the Peace of the City by Eldin Villafane
6. Social Justice and the City by Harvey David
7. Submerge by John Hayes
8. The Beloved Community by Charles Marsh
9. The Spiritual Activist by Claudia Horowitz
10. The Spirituals and the Blues: An Interpretation by James H Cone
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Spiritual and Personal Development
1. All Grown Up & No Place to Go by David Elkin
2. Ascent of a Leader by Thrall McNicol
3. Authentic Christianity by John Stott
4. Getting Things Done by David Allen
5. In Name Only: Tackling the Problem of Nominal Christianity by Gibbs Eddie
6. Jesus for a New Generation by Kevin Graham Ford
7. Leading at a Higher Level by Ken Blanchard
8. Leading with a Limp by Dan Allender
9. Life After God by Douglas Coupland
10. Living on Purpose by Christine and Tom Sine
11. The Ministry of Nurture by Duffy Robbins
12. Touch: The Power of Touch in Transforming by Pastor Rudy Rasmus
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Street Ministry
1. Cities of Lonesome Fear: God Among The Gangs by Gordon McLean
2. Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City by Elijah Anderson
3. Monster by Walter Dean Meyers
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Theology
1. Black Man's Religion by Craig Keener
2. Black Theology and Black Power by James H. Cone
3. God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone
4. If I Could Ask God One Question by Greg Johnson
5. Satanism: The Seduction of America's Youth by Bob Larson
6. Theological Themes of Youth Ministry by Williams Myers
7. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
8. Tired of Trying to Measure Up by Jeff VanVonderen
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DVD List
1. Holding Ground: The Rebirth of Dudley Street Directed by Mark Lipman & Leah Mahan
2. Letter to the President Directed by Thomas Gibson
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