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Losers, Loners and Rebels. The Spiritual Struggles of Boys by Robert C. Dykstra, Allan Hugh Cole Jr., and Donald Capps, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007, 205 pages, ISBN 978066422961

Losers, Loners and Rebels. The Spiritual Struggles of Boys by Robert C. Dykstra, Allan Hugh Cole... Losers, Loners and Rebels. The Spiritual Struggles of Boys by Robert C. Dykstra, Allan Hugh Cole Jr., and Donald Capps, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007, 205 pages, ISBN 978066422961 This book focuses on early adolescent boy (ages 11-14). It suggests that the myth of these years being golden ones in the memory of many men is false and that most boys of this age experience it as a painful time. The thesis of the book is that the "spirituality of early adolescent boys is more likely to issue from experiences that the boy considers negative than from experiences he considers positive."(p.lO) The authors argue that spirituality at this age has to do with the discovered sense of "spirit" and this is shaped by the early adolescent's increasing sense of self-awareness (thoughts and emotions that are his own), self-transcendence (he is part of something bigger and beyond his small existence) and self-sufficiency (discovering that he can take care of himself) . "Our point is that in the normal course of things early adolescent boys will have experiences that they consider negative, and that these very experiences are the anvil on which their sense of themselves as self-aware, self-transcendent, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Philosophia Reformata Brill

Losers, Loners and Rebels. The Spiritual Struggles of Boys by Robert C. Dykstra, Allan Hugh Cole Jr., and Donald Capps, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007, 205 pages, ISBN 978066422961

Robertson, Rev Kevin C.
Philosophia Reformata , Volume 7 (2): 94 – Jan 27, 2008
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© Copyright 2008 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0031-8035
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10.1163/24055093-90000194
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Losers, Loners and Rebels. The Spiritual Struggles of Boys by Robert C. Dykstra, Allan Hugh Cole Jr., and Donald Capps, Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2007, 205 pages, ISBN 978066422961 This book focuses on early adolescent boy (ages 11-14). It suggests that the myth of these years being golden ones in the memory of many men is false and that most boys of this age experience it as a painful time. The thesis of the book is that the "spirituality of early adolescent boys is more likely to issue from experiences that the boy considers negative than from experiences he considers positive."(p.lO) The authors argue that spirituality at this age has to do with the discovered sense of "spirit" and this is shaped by the early adolescent's increasing sense of self-awareness (thoughts and emotions that are his own), self-transcendence (he is part of something bigger and beyond his small existence) and self-sufficiency (discovering that he can take care of himself) . "Our point is that in the normal course of things early adolescent boys will have experiences that they consider negative, and that these very experiences are the anvil on which their sense of themselves as self-aware, self-transcendent,

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Published: Jan 27, 2008

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