Dimesse Centre, Nairobi, 22 October 2019
A presentation made to the Kenyan Association of Vocation Animators (KAVA).
The presentation has three parts:
- What is special about the youth of 21st Century?
- What is spirituality?
- Dimensions of Youth Spirituality
The first part explores the characteristics of the youth of 21st Century. It focuses on the following aspects:
a. It begins by pointing out to the fluidity of the 21st century… what will be the nature of the following in the year 2100: education, job-market, media, science & technology, politics, social structures? No one really knows in details. One thing is sure: it is going to be much different from that of today.
b. Consider the demographic truth. Africa is still going to have a high level of youth population. Causing a youth-bulge! Would we have the resources to handle it?
c. The other undeniable fact is that since the second part of the 20th century, globally, the age of puberty has been anticipated while the age of social maturity has been largely delayed. This has drastically affected the nature of being youth in the 21st century…
And much more…