A legacy of religious educators : historical and theological introductions / [print] edited by Elmer L. Towns and Benjamin K. Forrest. - First print edition. - Lynchburg, Virginia : Liberty University Press, (c)2017. - xix, 584 pages : portraits ; 25 cm

Part 1: Educators in early church through the middle ages (A.D. 1-1500) Part II: The reformation educators (A.D. 1500-1650) Part III: Puritan era Educators (A.D. 1650-1750) Part IV: Post-enlightenment educators (A.D. 1750-1850) Part V: Educators in the age of Indutrialization (A.D. 1850-1950) Part Virgin Islands: Modern educators (A.D. 1950 - present)

Includes bibliographical references.

The Apostle Paul: Educator in the early church Augustine: Teacher as mentor Columbia: An inadvertent teacher of wild people Anselm of canterbury: Educating for the love of God Thomas Aquinas Phil Howard and Steve Woodworth -- Edward Smither -- Gwendolyn Sheldon -- Bynard Bennett -- Teaching theology in the age of universities Eramus: A return to the source of education Martin Luther: Education for the preservation of the gospel and society Huldrych Zwingli: A Christian Humanist educator Ignatius of Loyola: Solider of the exercised mind and disaplined spirit Philip Melanchthon: Christian education in the German Reformation John Calvin: Teacher in the School of Chris t/ Dustin Bruce, Timothy Jones, and Michael Wilder Jason Graffagnino -- William Marsh -- Dongsun Cho -- George Thomas Kurlan and Mark Lamport -- Martin Klauber -- John Amos Comenius: Teaching all things to all people Richard Baxter: Educating through pastoral disciplineship August Hermann Franke: Architect of practical piety Jonathan Edwards: Influencing the heart David Smith and John Dudley -- Bob Bayles and Timothy Beougher -- Tom Schwanda and Mark Lamport -- Michael Haykin and Dustin Bruce John Wesley: Methodizing Chrsitian education Robert Raikes: Author of the Sunday School movement Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi: Advocate for child-centered education Johann Friedrich Herbart: Morality as the task for education Mark Maddix and James Estep -- Rodderick Willis II and L. Philip Barnes -- James Moore -- Eddie Baumann and Thomas Hutchison Horace Bushnell: Advocate of progessive Orthodoxy and Christian nuture John Henry Newman: Education that integrates faith and learning William James: Father of pragmatic philosophy and experiential education C. I. Scofield: Educating the Heavenly citizenship John Dewey: Father of progressive education Arthur Flake: Pioneer of Sunday School administration Samuel Smith and Elmer Towns -- Bob Drovdahl -- Jonathan Kim -- John Basie -- Greg Lawson and Ken Coley -- Gary Waller Henrietta Mears: Educating God's children C.S. Lewis: Pursuing reality through reason and the imagination Frank Gaebelein: Teacher of truth Donald McGavran: Missionary educator Carl F. H. Henry: The pursuit of Veritas and the Christian University Elmer L. Towns: Training champions for Christ J. Douglas Hankins -- Jerry Root and Wayne Martindale -- Albert Beck -- Todd Benkert -- Kevin King -- tom Benkert and David Edgell.

this book examines individuals who shaped the educational foundations of the church. ;



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Columbia International University--Alumni and alumnae


Christian educators--Biography.
Religious educators--Biography.
Religious education--Study and teaching--Biography.

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