Christian Faith, Formation and Education

2017-11-13
Christian Faith, Formation and Education

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  • Author: Ros Stuart-Buttle
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319628038
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 260

This book discusses the relationship between faith, formation and education. Rooted in a variety of discourses, the book offers original insights into the education and formation of the human person, both theoretical and practical. Issues are considered within a context of contemporary tensions generated by an increasingly pluralist society with antipathy to religious faith, and debated from interdenominational Christian perspectives. Including chapters by an international team of experts, the volume demonstrates how Christian faith holds significance for educational practice and human development. It argues against the common assumption that there can be a neutral approach to education, whilst at the same time advocating a critical dimension to faith education. It brings fresh thinking about faith and formation, which demands attention given the fast-changing political, educational and socio-cultural forces of today. It will appeal to students and researchers involved in Christian educational practice.

Planning for Christian Education Formation

2010-03-01
Planning for Christian Education Formation

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  • Author: Israel Galindo
  • Publisher: Chalice Press
  • ISBN: 0827230184
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 146

This book was written to help congregational leaders, clergy, staff, and laypersons, plan and organize a Christian education ministry from the approach of Christian formation in a community of faith context. This book provides a model for organizing the Christian education leadership committee or team of the church, demonstrates how to use the church year as a framework for planning the Christian education ministry of the church, and gives a model for assessing the effectiveness of the educational ministry of the church and a process to help congregations move toward the Christian Education Formation approach.

The Formation of a People

2020
The Formation of a People

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  • Author: Carmichael D. Crutchfield
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9780817018160
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 160

"New from pastor and professor Carmichael Crutchfield, steeped in current scholarship and lifetime of experience in the African American church, this contribution to the study of Christian education expands our understanding of education to encompass the larger life and ministry of the church, from practices of testimony, worship, and preaching to more traditional classroom contexts of Sunday church school and midweek Bible study. Dr. Crutchfield further develops the concept of Christian education in light of spiritual formation, wherein our pedagogies are oriented toward forming the Christian disciple in the likeness and character of Jesus Christ. The book provides constructive definitions of Christian education and faith formation, as well as clarity about formation processes across all ages and seasons of life. The author gives particular attention to such formation as it occurs in the historic and contemporary African American church context, where those who do ministries of Christian education, faith formation, and discipleship often have a wide range of training and experience-from no formal theological education at all to specialized seminary degrees"--

Understanding Faith Formation

2020-10-27
Understanding Faith Formation

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  • Author: Mark A. Maddix
  • Publisher: Baker Academic
  • ISBN: 1493427296
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 157

Three leading Christian educators offer a survey of faith formation from various perspectives: biblical, theological, pastoral, practical, and global. They present a biblical theology of faith formation for individual and congregational life and show how faith can be formed through the life and mission of the local church through practices such as communal worship, Bible study, and mission. They also explore the faces of faith formation in multicultural and global contexts. The book includes practical exercises for those beginning in ministry and reflection questions.

Christian Formation

2010
Christian Formation

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  • Author: James R. Estep
  • Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
  • ISBN: 0805448381
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 314

Editors and authors James Estep and Jonathan Kim have pulled together something often talked about but seldom seen, namely, a thoroughgoing attempt to integrate theology and science, in this case, social science. Their organization, interpretation, and evaluation of mountains of information from both sides has resulted in an expert, yet easily understandable guide to Christian spiritual formation and development. Both academics and practitioners will find help in this volume, one that is certain to be a standard work for years to come.

Life with God

2010-05-04
Life with God

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  • Author: Richard J. Foster
  • Publisher: Zondervan
  • ISBN: 0061671746
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 242

Too often, our study of the Bible focuses on searching for specific information or some formula that will solve our pressing needs of the moment. But what if we approached the Bible differently, and instead of transforming the text to meet our needs, allowed it to transform us? That's exactly the idea behind Life with God, Richard J. Foster's much-anticipated book on the Bible. Foster, bestselling author of Celebration of Discipline and general editor of The RenovarÉ Spiritual Formation Bible, claims that God has superintended the writing of Scripture so that it serves as the most reliable guide for Christian spiritual formation. According to Foster, the Bible is all about human life "with God." As we read Scripture, we should consider how exactly God is with us in each story and allow ourselves to be spiritually transformed. By opening our whole selves—mind, body, spirit, thoughts, behavior, and will—to the page before us, we begin to grasp all the Bible has to teach about prayer, obedience, compassion, virtue, and grace and apply it to our everyday lives to achieve a deeper relationship with God. With a wealth of examples and simple yet crucial insights, Life with God is an indispensable guide to approaching the Bible through the lens of Christian spiritual formation, revealing that reading the Bible for interior transformation is a far different endeavor than reading the Bible for historical knowledge, literary appreciation, or religious instruction.

Intergenerational Faith Formation

2008
Intergenerational Faith Formation

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  • Author: Mariette Martineau
  • Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
  • ISBN: 9781585956531
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 164

Here the authors convincingly show that intergenerational faith formation, when done well, can be powerful, dramatic, even magical. Not only is there a place for intergenerational learning in parish faith formation, the authors believe there is a necessity for it. They show that intergenerational faith formation can help children, adolescents, and adults effectively identify with and integrate into the faith community because their learning and formation takes place in the context of communityall ages learning together. People will be looking for this one.

Christian Education

2019-11-05
Christian Education

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  • Author: Freddy Cardoza
  • Publisher: Baker Academic
  • ISBN: 1493419706
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 559

This introductory textbook solidly situates Christian education in the church and ministry context of the 21st century. With over 20 years of ministry, teaching, and leadership experience, Freddy Cardoza is uniquely qualified to bring together a wide range of Christian educators. This volume features the expertise of 25 evangelical scholars of Christian education, including diverse, next-generation voices in the field. It provides balanced biblical-theological and practical perspectives for church and parachurch leaders, equipping them to meet the ever-changing needs of our world. Additional resources for professors and students are available through Textbook eSources.

Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us

1999
Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us

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  • Author: Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops
  • Publisher: USCCB Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781574552997
  • Category : Education
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 84

In this statement, the bishops present a pastoral plan to help Catholics advance in their role as disciples, by awakening a renewal in the ministry of adult faith formation and helping all to grow to the full maturity of Christ.

On Christian Teaching

2018-05-28
On Christian Teaching

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  • Author: David I. Smith
  • Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
  • ISBN: 1467450642
  • Category : Religion
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 235

Christian teachers have long been thinking about what content to teach, but little scholarship has been devoted to how faith forms the actual process of teaching. Is there a way to go beyond Christian perspectives on the subject matter and think about the teaching itself as Christian? In this book David I. Smith shows how faith can and should play a critical role in shaping pedagogy and the learning experience.