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January 22, 2020
Open Minds, Devoted Hearts: Portraits of Adult Religious Educators
- Author
- Tauber, Sarah M.
- Publisher
- Wipf and Stock Publishers
- Table of Contents
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Introduction
Ch 1. Foundational Theories and New Advances
Ch 2. The Gardener
Ch 3. The Midwife
Ch 4. The Learner
Ch 5. Rabbis as Facilitators
Ch 6. Rabbis as Co-Learners
Ch 7. Rabbis as Community Builders
Ch 8. A Clergy for Our Time
Appendix A
Appendix B
Bibliography
How do religious educators meaningfully engage adult learners? How do they invite adults to begin a learning journey and inspire them to stay on it? In an era of "spiritual but not religious," how can religious educators, and clergy in particular, respond to the yearnings of adults for connection, wholeness, and purpose? Open Minds, Devoted Hearts offers the examples of three outstanding congregational rabbis whose teaching answers that call to action. Through innovatively incorporating biographical portraits and educational scholarship the book provides a comprehensive exploration of how the themes of narrative, transformation, and spirituality bring adult religious educators and learners into a powerful interactive educational process. The portraits and accompanying analysis reveal how constructing personal meaning and building sacred community through study situates adult learning as a dynamic centerpiece of an energized congregational life. (From the Publisher)