A Legacy of Religious Educators: Historical and Theological Introductions
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Overview
A Legacy of Religious Educators examines individuals who shaped the educational foundations of the church. These chapters, on well-known patristic and medieval scholars such as Augustine, Anselm, and Aquinas; renowned theologian-educators such as Luther, Calvin, Edwards and Wesley; and modern-day educators such as Henrietta Mears, C.S. Lewis, and Frank Gaebelein, reflect the contextualized theology of education of significant educators who have profoundly influenced religious education, in both the church and society.
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“Everyone was entitled to a sound education, and Loyola was among the first educators to promote free and universal education.” (Page 158)
“The third hermeneutical principle is the distinction between the material and the spiritual in experiencing the grace of God.” (Page 140)
“A pervasive theme in Luther’s writings on education is parental responsibility to raise children well for the sake of church and state.” (Page 122)
“Loyola embraced this approach to learning and contended the proper and immediate end of Christian education is to cooperate with divine grace in forming the true and perfect Christian. Christian education, in his view, takes in the whole scope of human life, not with a view to constraining it in any way but in order to elevate, regulate, and perfect it, in accordance with the example and teaching of Christ. The true Christian, then, does not renounce the activities of this life, but develops and perfects them by coordinating them with the supernatural. These clear goals were guided by equally clear rationale.” (Page 156)
“In order to better understand Calvin’s approach to theological education, it is helpful to grasp his unending resolve that God has made Himself known—both through creation itself and through His word. Calvin believed that it was imperative that those who are redeemed study God’s word diligently that they may know Him and His ways more deeply.” (Page 187)
- Title: A Legacy of Religious Educators: Historical and Theological Introductions
- Authors: Benjamin K. Forrest, Elmer Towns
- Publisher: Liberty University Press
- Print Publication Date: 2018
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subject: Textbooks
- ISBNs: 9780997682847, 0997682841
- Resource ID: LLS:WS_DA31EC39E2D347BB9262097DA1389DE0
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T04:25:22Z