Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
This sequel to Seymour and Miller's popular Contemporary Approaches to Christian Education offers new information and ideas regarding the major theological issues within Christian education today. In one volume, the world's leading Christian educators reflect on such issues as tradition in the church, religious pluralism, human development, spirituality, ecumenical learning, feminist and liberation theology, practical theology, and hermeneutics. Contributors include Charles R. Foster, Susanne Johnson, Fumitaka Matsuoka, Melanie A. May, David Merritt, Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore, Romney Moseley, Robert T. O'Gorman, Richard R. Osmer, Marianne Sawicki, and Choan-Seng Song.
Table of Contents
Openings to God / Jack Seymour and Donald Eugene Miller -- Tradition and education / Melanie A. May -- Tradition and sacramental education / Marianne Sawicki -- Feminist theology and education / Mary Elizabeth Mullino Moore -- Education in the quest for church / Charles R. Foster -- The church in a racial-minority situation / Fumitaka Matsuoka -- Education in the image of God / Susanne Johnson -- Education and human development in the likeness of Christ / Romney Moseley -- Christian education in a world of religious pluralism / Choan-Seng Song -- Edumenical sic learning in a global perspective / David Merritt -- Latin American theology and education / Robert T. O'Gorman -- Teaching as practical theology / Richard R. Osmer -- Living into a world of confessional pluralism / Donald Eugene Miller and Jack Seymour.