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Scholarship March 29, 2017

God’s Wisdom: Toward a Theology of Education

The Wabash Center

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Author
Peter C. Hodgson
Publisher
Westminster John Knox, Louisville, KY
ISBN
664257186
Table of Contents
Preface

ch. 1 Introduction: Teaching as a Religious Vocation
Religious Dimensions of Teaching
"The Lord's Way of Education"

ch. 2 God as Teacher: Classical and Modern Theologies
The Hebraic and Hellenic Heritages: Torah and Paideia
The Greek Fathers: The Alexandrines and Cappadocians
Latin Theology: Augustine, Aquinas, Bonaventure
Reformed Theology: Calvin and Bushnell
The Enlightenment: Lessing and Herder
Speculative and Existential Philosophy: Hegel and Kierkegaard

ch. 3 Transformative Pedagogy: Modern and Postmodern Theories
Education and Life Formation
The Rhythm of Education
Constructive and Interactive Knowledge
Education as the Practice of Freedom
Connected Teaching and Cooperative Learning

ch. 4 God's Wisdom: Education as Paideia
The Figure of Wisdom: Sophia/Spirit 8
The Incarnation of Wisdom
The Pedagogy of Wisdom: Paideia

ch. 5 Conclusion: Paideia in Higher Education Today
Paideia in Liberal Education
Paideia in Religious and Theological Studies

Notes
Index
Drawing upon classical and modern theological resources as well as postmodern pedagogical theories, Peter Hodgson argues that God's Wisdom, incarnate in paradigmatic teachers such as Jesus of Nazareth, forms and transforms human beings by evoking critical thinking, heightened imagination, and liberating practice. This groundbreaking book reexamines the place of religion in liberal education and the relationship between religious and theological studies. (From the Publisher)