Abstract
“If a fundamental change is really taking place in the personality structure of persons coming of age, as some people think, then the implications are especially profound for those of us who seek to minister directly to persons. … Young people no longer experience guilt and shame the way we did and still do. They don't need alcohol or the gospel to release them from guilt. … They reject ‘up-tight’ middle class values as rigid, cerebral, and institutional role-bound. … Guilt stems from an apprehension of some code or law violated. … Shame stems from an apprehension of failure.”
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