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" A Critique of the Modern Concept of Adolescence Based onthe Biblical Concept of Young Adulthood "
Lee, Donglyul
Derouen, Johnny Lee
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Latin Dissertation
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English
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1108854
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TLpq2468651153
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Derouen, Johnny Lee
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Lee, Donglyul
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A Critique of the Modern Concept of Adolescence Based onthe Biblical Concept of Young Adulthood\ Lee, DonglyulDerouen, Johnny Lee
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Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
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2020
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2020
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Ph.D.
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183
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The current study argues that negative concepts of adolescence, which were shaped by secular modernization, deviate from the biblical concept of young adulthood. The modern idea of adolescents being immature and insecure is historically new since the Industrial Revolution and Enlightenment. The current study examines the historical background and philosophical assumptions of the modern concept of adolescence and further studies how different it is from the Bible's presentation of young adulthood. Chapter 1 introduces the thesis and direction of the current study and briefly reviews the literature related to the subject of the study. Chapter 2 analyzes the adolescent studies that formed the modem concept of adolescence on a biological, psychological, and sociological level, exploring the common assumptions that formed each study. It further examines whether the modern concept of adolescence is consistent with the self-image and condition of today's youths. Finally, Chapter 2 presents the problem that adolescent immaturity is now extending not only in teenagers but also to those in their twenties and even early thirties. Chapter 3 attempts to explain the causes of adolescent immaturity and instability identified in Chapter 2. First, the chapter examines the biological causes of adolescent characteristics presented by adolescence scholars and criticizes scholars for their biological determinism. Furthermore, the chapter argues that adolescent immaturity is due to changes in social structure and the spirit of the times. Chapter 4 studies the biblical view of the young generation in their teens and twenties. The chapter studies Hebrew and Greek words translated as youth in the Bible, Bible passages associated with the young generation, and the actual images of teenagers in the Bible. Through the above research, this chapter reveals how different the Bible's view of the young generation is from the modern concept of adolescence. Finally, Chapter 5 provides conclusions with the summaries of each chapter of the current study. It also includes implications drawn from the research and suggestions for further research.
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Education
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Religious education
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Theology
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