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A History of Christian Education

ISBN: 9780805418675 | 0805418679
Format: Trade Paper
Publisher: B&H Academic
Pub. Date: 9/1/1998

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SummaryTable of Contents
Ours is an age of rapid change. What is fashionable comes and goes more quickly than ever before. In a world of such rapid change, it's essential to know who you are--to know where you come from, to have your roots go deep. Walking through this book is like going to a large family reunion and meeting for the first time some relatives you didn't know you had. Here in all of its richness and diversity is your family of faith. Of course, the roots of Christian education go deep into the Hebrew heritage. In many ways, Christian education is an exte... MORE
Forewordxiii
Acknowledgmentsxvii
Introductionxix
Success Syndrome Versus Servant Life-stylexx
Superficial Evangelism Versus Nurturexx
Institutional Form Versus In... MORExxi
Part 1: Education in Ancient Societies
Education in Greece
25(10)
Sparta
25(2)
Athens
27(5)
The Hellenistic Empire
32(3)
Education in Rome
35(10)
The Native Roman Period
35(2)
The Transition Period
37(3)
The Hellenized Period
40(3)
The Period of Decline
43(2)
Hebrew and Jewish Education
45(8)
Hebrew Education
45(4)
Jewish Education
49(4)
Women in Education: The Ancient World
53(8)
Greece
53(1)
Rome
54(1)
Judaism
55(2)
Synopsis of Part 1
57(4)
Part 2: Ancient Christian Education
Jesus the Teacher
61(8)
The Education of Jesus
61(1)
The Teaching Roles of Jesus
62(3)
The Teaching Methods of Jesus
65(4)
Education in the Apostolic Church
69(6)
Apostles and Other Teachers
70(2)
Christian Writings
72(1)
Methods of Teaching
72(3)
Education in the Postapostolic Church
75(6)
The Apologists
76(1)
Doctrinal Development
77(4)
The Alexandrian Catechetical School
81(7)
Pantaenus
82(1)
Clement of Alexandria
82(2)
Origen
84(4)
Post-Nicene Christian Fathers and Education
88(14)
Gregory of Nyssa
90(2)
Jerome
92(1)
Ambrose
93(2)
John Chrysostom
95(2)
Augustine of Hippo
97(5)
Women in Education: Ancient Christian Education
102(9)
The First Century
102(1)
The Second and Third Centuries
103(4)
Synopsis of Part 2
107(4)
Part 3: Christian Education in the Middle Ages
Monastic Education
111(9)
Ascetic Background
112(1)
Early Desert Fathers
113(2)
The Monastery and Education
115(2)
Irish and English Monastic Education
117(1)
The Cluniac Reform
118(2)
Charlemagne, Chivalry, and the Crusades
120(9)
The Carolingian Revival
120(4)
Educational Stages in Chivalry
124(2)
The Crusades
126(3)
Scholasticism
129(11)
The Seeds of Scholasticism
130(1)
Peter Abelard and Conceptualism
131(1)
Peter Lombard
132(2)
Thomas Aquinas: The Supreme Scholastic
134(3)
The Decline of Scholasticism
137(1)
Strengths and Weaknesses of Scholasticism
138(2)
Medieval Universities
140(12)
Beginnings of the Medieval University
140(2)
Abelard
142(1)
The Corporation
143(1)
Two Early Models of Universities
144(2)
Components of the University
146(4)
The Influence of Medieval Universities
150(2)
Medieval Women and Education
152(15)
On Being a Medieval Woman
152(1)
Female Monastic Education
153(1)
Convent Life
153(5)
Other Medieval Forms of Female Education
158(2)
Strengths and Weaknesses of Convents
160(3)
Synopsis of Part 3
163(4)
Part 4: Christian Education in the Renaissance and Reformation
Antecedents of the Reformation
167(10)
The Deplorable Condition of the Papacy
167(2)
The World in Revival Toward Reform
169(4)
The Free Church Principle
173(4)
Humanism and Christian Education
177(12)
Francesco Petrarch
178(1)
Vittorino da Feltre
178(1)
Gerhard Groote and the Brethren of the Common Life
179(2)
Desiderius Erasmus
181(2)
Juan Luis Vives
183(2)
Other English Humanists
185(4)
Martin Luther and Education
189(7)
Martin Luther
189(2)
Three Cardinal Principles of the Protestant Reformation
191(1)
Educational Principles of Martin Luther
192(2)
Luther's German Disciples in Education
194(2)
Other Protestant Reformers and Movements
196(6)
Huldreich Zwingli
196(1)
John Calvin
197(2)
The Radical Reformation
199(1)
The English Reformation
200(2)
The Jesuits and Catholic Reformation
202(7)
Ignatius of Loyola
203(2)
The Jesuits and Education
205(4)
Women's Education in the Renaissance and Reformation
209(20)
Four Atypical Renaissance Women
209(2)
Christian Humanists and Female Education
211(1)
Luther's Concept of Women and Education
212(1)
John Calvin and Aristocratic Women
213(2)
Women in the Radical Reformation
215(1)
Women and the English Reformation
216(2)
Catholic Reform and Women's Education
218(6)
Synopsis of Part 4
224(5)
Part 5: The Beginnings of Modern Christian Education
John Amos Comenius and Sense Realism
229(12)
The Life and Career of Comenius
229(2)
Comenius's Approach to Education
231(1)
The Four Grades System
232(5)
Sense Realism
237(4)
European Naturalism and Christian Education
241(14)
Rousseau
241(4)
Pestalozzi
245(3)
Herbart
248(3)
Froebel
251(4)
The Sunday School Movement
255(9)
The Birth of the Sunday School Movement
255(1)
Robert Raikes Pioneered Sunday School Development
256(4)
The Growth of the Sunday School Movement
260(4)
German Pietists and Christian Education
264(10)
Spener
264(2)
Francke
266(2)
Zinzendorf
268(2)
Schleiermacher
270(4)
Other Influences on Christian Education
274(8)
Puritanism
274(1)
John Wesley and Methodism
275(1)
John Henry Newman and Higher Education
276(2)
The Missions Movements
278(2)
The Salvation Army
280(1)
Christian Student Movements
280(2)
Women in the Beginnings of Modern Christian Education
282(11)
Women as Students
282(2)
Women as Educators
284(5)
Synopsis of Part 5
289(4)
Part 6: Americans and Christian Education
Christian Education in Colonial America
293(7)
New England Colonies
293(2)
The Southern Colonies
295(1)
The Middle Colonies
296(1)
Colonial Higher Education
297(1)
Summary
298(2)
Religion in Nineteenth-Century American Education
300(8)
Legal Foundations
300(1)
Protestantism in the Public Schools
301(2)
Revivalism and Christian Education
303(2)
William Rainey Harper and the University of Chicago
305(3)
Pragmatism and Education
308(6)
Roots of Pragmatism
308(1)
Founders of Pragmatism
309(3)
Pragmatism and Religious Education
312(2)
Horace Bushnell and Christian Nurture
314(8)
The Life of Horace Bushnell
314(1)
Bushnell's Concept of Christian Nurture
315(4)
Bushnell's Contributions to Christian Education
319(3)
The Education of Women in Early America
322(11)
Women in Evangelistic Ministries
323(1)
Female Seminaries
324(1)
Oberlin College and Coeducation
325(4)
Synopsis of Part 6
329(4)
Part 7: Christian Education in the Twentieth Century
Christian Educators of the Twentieth Century--I
333(17)
George Albert Coe
333(1)
William Clayton Bower
334(1)
Luther Allan Weigle
335(2)
J. M. Price
337(1)
E. J. Chave
338(2)
Hugh Hartshorne
340(1)
Gaines S. Dobbins
341(2)
Edna Baxter
343(1)
Paul Vieth
344(2)
Rachel Henderlite
346(1)
Randolph Crump Miller
347(3)
Christian Educators of the Twentieth Century--II
350(14)
Findley B. Edge
350(1)
D. Campbell Wyckoff
351(2)
Sara Little
353(1)
Paulo Freire
354(1)
James Michael Lee
355(2)
John H. Westerhoff III
357(1)
Gabriel Moran
358(1)
James Fowler
359(1)
Thomas H. Groome
360(4)
Movements in Twentieth-Century Christian Education
364(14)
Vacation Bible School
364(2)
Church Day-Care Centers and Kindergartens
366(1)
Christian Education as a Profession
367(2)
Ministry of the Laity/Lay Renewal
369(1)
Private Schools
370(2)
The Women's Movement
372(3)
Synopsis of Part 7
375(3)
Bibliography378(2)
Index380

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