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Andrew Root joined Luther Seminary in 2005 as assistant professor of youth and family ministry. Previously he was an adjunct professor at Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington D.C., and Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J. Root received his bachelor of arts degree from Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn., in 1997. He earned his master of divinity (2000) and his master of theology (2001) degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, Calif. He completed his doctoral degree from Princeton Theological Seminary in 2005. Root's ministry experience includes being a gang prevention counselor in Los Angeles, youth outreach directed in a congregation, staff member of Young Life, and a confirmation teacher. He has also been a research fellow for Princeton Theological Seminary's Faith Practices Project. Root has published articles in the Journal of Youth and Theology, The International Journal of Practical Theology, and Word and World. He is a member of the International Association for the Study of Youth Ministry and the International Bonhoeffer Society.
Helping Parents and Pastors Embrace the Uncontrollable
2025
A Theological Vision for Discipleship and Life Together
2014
The Loss of Family as the Loss of Being
2010
A Practical Theology of the Cross
2014
2023
2022
Hope beyond the Failed Promise of Happiness
2025
Youth Ministry in the Age of Science
2018
Responding to the Church's Obsession with Youthfulness
2017
Help for Youth Workers, Volunteers, and Parents on Creating Authentic Relationships
2009
From a Strategy of Influence to a Theology of Incarnation
2007
2012
2012
Questioning Our Obsession with Work, Creativity, and Entrepreneurship
2022
Keeping Sacred Time against the Speed of Modern Life
2021
2020
A Boy, a Black Lab, and a Father's Search for the Canine Soul
2017
2019
The Way of the Cross as the Way of the Church
2010
Sharing in Christ by Sharing Ourselves
2012
2011
2012
2012
2023
2020