Contemporary adolescents caught between the thirst for likes and the thirst for God Cover Image

Adolescenții contemporani aflați între setea de like-uri și setea după Dumnezeu
Contemporary adolescents caught between the thirst for likes and the thirst for God

Author(s): Cătălin Nicolae Spătaru
Subject(s): Theology and Religion, Systematic Theology, Eastern Orthodoxy, Sociology of Religion, Psychology of Religion
Published by: Editura Andreiana
Keywords: teenagers; sexting; gaming; cyberbullying; role models; the game of salvation;

Summary/Abstract: Surrounded by many pitfalls in the context of social media, the transition from childhood to adulthood is a real challenge for today’s youth. However, with quality partners such as parents, family, teachers, and psychologists, this transition can be much easier. The maturing of teenagers is not a game, but it can take the form of a game, with serious and, at the same time, pleasant rules, so that the guidance of the adults does not seem like a burden to the youth but a journey together with them towards a common success. The current challenges of young people in the virtual world, where they spend many hours of the day and night (sexting, gaming, cyberbullying), together with their so-called advantages, as well as the mechanisms that unconsciously develop behind them, are put in parallel with the life that the Church proposes to young people, through Jesus Christ, also pointing out the advantages and mechanisms behind it (love, seriousness, responsibility).

  • Issue Year: XIII/2024
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 249-265
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Romanian
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