Losers, Loners, and Rebels: The Spiritual Struggles of Boys

The early years of adolescence are a tumultuous time, full of challenges and opportunities that can shape one's whole life. In recent years several books have analyzed this period of life for girls, but this is the first book that investigates the interior life of boys as they develop their sense of self and begin the spiritual journey that will carry them throughout their lives. The authors contend that adolescent boys often experience themselves at various times as losers, loners, and rebels. As self-defined losers, boys begin to realize self-awareness; as loners they begin to understand their own relatedness to the larger world; as rebels they gain a sense of self-sufficiency. Through these common experiences of life, boys gain self-awareness, self-transcendence, and self-sufficiency, concepts that take root in the spirituality that will last their lifetime.

Author: Robert C. Dykstra, Allan Hugh Cole Jr, Donald Capps
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 08/02/2007
Pages: 216
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.99h x 6.34w x 0.52d
ISBN: 9780664229610

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/11/2007 pg. 57
Christian Century 10/21/2008 pg. 29

About the Author
Dykstra, Robert C.: -

Robert C. Dykstra is Charlotte W. Newcombe Professor of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of several books, including Images of Pastoral Care and Counseling Troubled Youth.

Capps, Donald: -

Donald Capps is Professor Emeritus of Pastoral Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. He has written many books, including The Decades of Life and Jesus the Village Psychiatrist.