Exploding Stars, Dead Dinosaurs, and Zombies

Andrew Root teaches youth and family ministry at Luther Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota. He's the author of many books, including Revisiting Relational Youth Ministry and The Grace of Dogs. Root is an internationally acclaimed speaker on adolescence and spirituality. He lives in Saint Paul with his wife, kids, and dog.

Preface 1. Introduction: When Ministry Meets Science 2. When Youth Ministry Encounters Science: The Story of Jared (Part Aly) 3. When Youth Ministry Encounters Science: The Story of Jared (Part Martin) 4. When Youth Ministry Encounters Science: The Story of Jared (Part Sasha) 5. Is Faith for Immature Babies? 6. "Science," Adolescence, and Growing up 7. The Faith of the Child as the Welcoming of the Scientific 8. Relating Faith and the Scientific, Issue One: Science Doesn't Say Anything 9. Relating Faith and the Scientific, Issue Two: How This Relating Is Done 10. Finding Personhood: The Face 11. Sasha and Big and Small Infinites 12. Galileo and Alien Life: The Story of Galileo Galilei 13. With a Bang 14. Finely Tuned 15. A Rebel's Birthday Party 16. Martin and the Coming Mass Extinction 17. When the Rocks Speak 18. A Clergyman's Dangerous Ideas: The Story of Darwin 19. Darwin's First Dangerous Idea 20. Darwin's Second Dangerous Idea and All Those Other Hominids 21. The Bible, the Ministers, and the End Epilogue