A Vocational Model of Confirmation

This book examines the practice of confirmation inthe post-communist context of Slovakia and the SlovakLutheran Church during 1993-2003. It proposes a freshapproach to the theory and practice of confirmationfor churches that find themselves surrounded by newpolitical cultural and spiritual realities. Thisnew paradigm of confirmation speaks to a context thatis transitioning from communism to democracy. Drawingon Martin Luther's concept of vocation confirmationembodies an active response toGod's gift of baptismal grace. Emphasizingconfirmation as agency youth are nurturedin the practices of owning and living out their faithin broader society. Articulating a theological basisfor a faith active in the world this vocationalapproach to confirmation contributes to the valuesand practices of building a democratic and civilsociety. This book will be of interest to academictheologians students of theology and pastors.