Education for peoplehood : essays on the teaching ministry of the church /
Bender, Ross Thomas, 1929-,
Education for peoplehood : essays on the teaching ministry of the church / [print] Ross T. Bender ; foreword by Daniel S. Schipani. - Elkhart, Indiana : Institute of Mennonite Studies, (c)1997. - xv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Text reader series ; 8 . - Text reader series ; 8. .
Many of these essays were initially presented in seminars, workshops, consultations, and classes and were previously published in various journals.
Includes bibliographical references.
Could any work be more important? -- Nurture : passing on the faith -- The family : a setting for education -- The teacher : example, revealer, change agent -- The teaching ministry of the church -- Teaching the Bible in the congregation -- The Sunday School : history and purpose -- The relevance of some aspects of Piaget's theory for the teaching ministry of the church -- The aims of education -- On being and becoming a person -- Conversion in religious development -- Anabaptist education -- Indoctrination -- Seminary and congregation : communities of discernment -- Theological education in the free church tradition -- Christian education in theological education -- The meaning to the seminaries of the changing international situation.
9780936273259
98118105
Mennonites--Education.
Christian education--Philosophy.
BX8111.I59.E383 1997
Education for peoplehood : essays on the teaching ministry of the church / [print] Ross T. Bender ; foreword by Daniel S. Schipani. - Elkhart, Indiana : Institute of Mennonite Studies, (c)1997. - xv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. - Text reader series ; 8 . - Text reader series ; 8. .
Many of these essays were initially presented in seminars, workshops, consultations, and classes and were previously published in various journals.
Includes bibliographical references.
Could any work be more important? -- Nurture : passing on the faith -- The family : a setting for education -- The teacher : example, revealer, change agent -- The teaching ministry of the church -- Teaching the Bible in the congregation -- The Sunday School : history and purpose -- The relevance of some aspects of Piaget's theory for the teaching ministry of the church -- The aims of education -- On being and becoming a person -- Conversion in religious development -- Anabaptist education -- Indoctrination -- Seminary and congregation : communities of discernment -- Theological education in the free church tradition -- Christian education in theological education -- The meaning to the seminaries of the changing international situation.
9780936273259
98118105
Mennonites--Education.
Christian education--Philosophy.
BX8111.I59.E383 1997