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Books can be ordered by clicking on the item and following the link to the order form. Once you have filled in the order form, we will get in touch to confirm the order and postage cost. Generally we estimate $7.50 for a book to be sent in New Zealand (but postage is subject to change dependant on circumstances).
If you would like to order a number of different books, please just fill out one form and in the comments list all the books you would like to order.
For more information contact: admin@praxis.org.nz
Small Stories
Lloyd & Anthea Martin
$20 NZD
Reflections on the practice of youth development.
Lloyd and Anthea Martin have taken young people into their home, provided alternative education, and taken them on adventures in the outdoors. This collection of funny and sad stories spans thirty years of teaching and youth work in their community of Cannons Creek. Each story is followed with a reflection linking ‘what actually happens’ to emerging ideas about how we support the development of all young people.
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One Faith, Two Peoples
Lloyd Martin
E-Copy $12 NZD
(only available online)
Beginning with a true-to-experience story of a Māori couple who begin engaging with their local church, One Faith, Two Peoples takes a hard look at New Zealand’s largely monocultural church. Using interviews with Māori elders, the book examines subjects such as Māori spirituality, a Biblical view of culture and some of the past successes and failures of mission in New Zealand.
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The Invisible Table
Lloyd Martin
E-Copy $12 NZD
(only available online)
Reflections on the practice of youth development.
This book is a resource for those who work with youth who are struggling in their family, school or community. It outlines risk and resiliency factors in each context and focuses on how young people interact with peers and global youth sub-cultures. It looks at the role of a youth worker alongside other professional services and discusses the dynamics around how we enter the worlds of a young person in order to build relationships and provide services.