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Scholarship March 29, 2017

Teaching and Christian Imagination

The Wabash Center

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Author
Smith, David I. and Felch, Susan M.
Publisher
William B Eerdmans Publishing Co., Grand Rapids, MI
ISBN
9780802873231
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Part One - Journeys and Pilgrimages
ch. 1 Setting Our Feet on the Road
ch. 2 Are We Tourists or Pilgrims?
ch. 3 Walking the Path
ch. 4 What Sustains the Journey

Part Two - Gardens and Wilderness
ch. 5 Clearing the Ground
ch. 6 Generous Beauty: Is Your Classroom a Royal Garden?
ch. 7 Shaping the Soul
ch. 8 The Just Community

Part Three - Buildings and Walls
ch. 9 Drawing the Blueprints
ch. 10 Laying the Foundations
ch. 11 Building the Walls
ch. 12 Climbing the Steps
ch. 13 Entering the Sanctuary
ch. 14 Setting Up House

ch. 15 An Ending, An Invitation

Notes
General Index
Scripture Index
Index of Reflection
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Abstract: This book offers an energizing Christian vision for the art of teaching. The authors - experienced teachers themselves - encourage teacher-readers to reanimate their work by imagining it differently. David Smith and Susan Felch, along with Barbara Carvill, Kurt Schaefer, Timothy Steele, and John Witvliet, creatively use three metaphors - journeys and pilgrimages, gardens and wilderness, buildings and walls - to illuminate a fresh vision of teaching and learning. Stretching beyond familiar clichés, they infuse these metaphors with rich biblical echoes and theological resonances that will inform and inspire Christian teachers everywhere. (From the Publisher)