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Twenty-nine articles from international journals that 'will provide the reader with both a comprehensive map of how contemporary Christian theologians approach the tasks of Christian education, and also skillfully selected excursions in the complex terrain. (From the Publisher)

Table Of Content:
Preface
Foreword(Stephen W. Sykes)

ch. 1 Theology and Christian education theory (Jeff Astley, Colin Crowder)
1.1 Contemporary approaches to Christian education (Jack L. Seymour)
1.2 Theological and educational concepts: problems of integration and differentiation (Karl Ernst Farley)
1.3 Can church education be theological education? (Edward Farley)
1.4 Religious education and theology (James Michale Lee)

ch. 2 Theological foundations: the bible
2.1 Passion and perspective: two dimensions of education in the bible (Walter Brueggemann)
2.2 The reaction against classical education in the New Testament (E.A. Judge)
2.3 'Tell it slant'(John Tinsley)

ch. 3 Theological foundations: the church
3.1 The gesture of a truthful story (Stanley Hauerwas)
3.2 No longer strangers: the church and its educational ministry (Craig R. Dykstra)
3.3 Educating in the Spirit (Carol Lakey Hess)

ch. 4 Theological approaches: postliberal theology
4.1 The significance of postliberalism for religious education (Gregory C. Higgins)
4.2 Theology and belonging: Christian identity and the doing of theology (Lucien Richard)

ch. 5 Theological approaches: liberation theology
5.1 Education, liberation and the church (Paulo Freire)
5.2 Liberation theology and Christian education theory (Frank Marangos)

ch. 6 Theological approaches: feminist theology
6.1 The unity of the sacred and the public possibilities from feminist theology(Mary Elizabeth Moore)
6.2 Feminist images of redemption in education (Mary C. Grey)

ch. 7 Spiritual formation and the worshipping community
7.1 Christian affections and the catechumenate (John A. Berntsen)
7.2 The role of worship in Christian learning (Jeff Astley)
7.3 The formative power of the congregation (Craig R. Dykstra)

ch. 8 Spiritual formation and minesterial education
8.1 Transformation in Christian education (James E. Loder)
8.2 Spiritual formation and theological education (George Lindbeck)
8.3 Theological education and education for church leadership (Charles M. Wood)

ch. 9 The theological education debate
9.1 Thinking theologically about theological education (Francis Schussler Fiorenza)
9.2 Theological inquiry and theological education (Charles M. Wood)
9.3 Emerging issues and theological education (Rebecca S. Chopp)
9.4 Can virtue be taught? Education, character and the soul (David Tracy)

ch. 10 Theology, education and the university
10.1 Theology in the context of the university (Stephen Toulmin)
10.2 The place of theology in the study of religion (Edward Farley)
10.3 Theology: university and church. Is a synergism possible?(Claude Welch)

Select bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index of subjects
Index of names