A history of Christian education / James E. Reed, Ronnie Prevost. [print]

PennsylvaniaRT 1: Education in ancient societies -- 1. Education in Greece -- Sparta -- Athens -- The Hellenistic empire -- 2. Education in Rome -- The native Roman period -- The transition period -- The Hellenized period -- The period of decline -- 3. Hebrew and Jewish education -- Hebrew education -- Jewish education -- 4. Women in education: The ancient world -- Greece -- Rome -- Judaism

PennsylvaniaRT 2: Ancient Christian education -- 5. Jesus the teacher -- The education of Jesus -- The teaching roles of Jesus -- The teaching methods of Jesus -- 6. Education in the apostolic church -- Apostles and other teachers -- Christian writings -- Methods of teaching -- 7. Education in the postapostolic church -- The apologists -- Doctrinal development -- 8. The Alexandrian catechetical school -- Pantaenus -- Clement of Alexandria -- Origen -- 9. Post-Nicene Christian fathers and education -- Jerome -- Ambrose -- John Chrysostom -- Augustine of Hippo -- 10. Women in education: Ancient Christian education -- The first century -- The second and third centuries -- Synopsis of Part 2

PennsylvaniaRT 3: Christian education in the Middle Ages -- 11. Monastic education -- Ascetic background -- Early desert fathers -- The monastery and education -- Irish and English monastic education -- The Cluniac reform -- 12. Charlemagne, chivalry, and the crusades -- The Carolingian revival -- Educational stages in chivalry -- The crusades -- 13. Scholasticism -- The seeds of scholasticism -- Peter Abelard and conceptualism -- Peter Lombard -- Thomas Aquinas: The supreme scholastic -- The decline of scholasticism -- Strengths and weaknesses of scholasticism -- 14. Medieval universities -- Beginnings of the medieval university -- Abelard -- The corporation -- Two early models of universities -- Components of the university -- The influence of medieval universities -- 15. Medieval women and education -- On being a medieval woman -- Female monastic education -- Convent life -- Other medieval forms of female education -- Strengths and weaknesses of convents -- Synopsis of Part 3.

PennsylvaniaRT 4: Christian education in the Renaissance and Reformation -- 16. Antecedents of the Reformation -- The deplorable condition of the papacy -- The world in revival toward reform -- The free church principle -- 17. Humanism and Christian education -- Francesco Petrarch -- Vittorino da Feltre -- Gerhard Groote and the Brethren of the Common Life -- Desiderius Erasmus -- Juan Luis Vives -- Other English humanists -- 18. Martin Luther and education -- Martin Luther -- Three cardinal principles of the Protestant Reformation -- Educational principles of Martin Luther -- Luther's German disciples in education -- 19. Other Protestant reformers and movements -- Huldreich Zwingli -- John Calvin -- The radical Reformation -- The English Reformation -- 20. The Jesuits and Catholic Reformation -- Ignatius of Loyola -- The Jesuits and education -- 21. Women's education in the Renaissance and Reformation -- Four atypical Renaissance women -- Christian humanists and female eduction -- Luther's concept of women and education -- John Calvin and aristocratic women -- Women in the radical Reformation -- Women and the English Reformation -- Catholic reform and women's education -- Synopsis of Part 4

PennsylvaniaRT 5: The beginnings of modern Christian education -- 22. John Amos Comenius and sense realism -- The life and career of Comenius -- Comenius's approach to education -- The four grades system -- Sense realism -- 23. European naturalism and Christian education -- Rousseau -- Pestalozzi -- Herbart -- Froebel -- 24. The Sunday School Movement -- The birth of the Sunday School Movement -- Robert Raikes pioneered Sunday School development -- The growth of the Sunday School Movement -- 25. German Pietists and Christian education -- Spener -- Francke -- Zinzendorf -- Schleiermacher -- 26. Other influences on Christian education -- Puritanism -- John Wesley and Methodism -- John Henry Newman and higher education -- The missions movements -- The Salvation Army -- Christian student movements -- 27. Women in the beginnings of modern Christian education -- Women as students -- Women as educators -- Synopsis of Part 5.

aPART 6: Americans and Christian education -- 28. Christian education in colonial America -- New England colonies -- The southern colonies -- The middle colonies -- Colonial higher education -- Summary -- 29. Religion in nineteenth-century American education -- Legal foundations -- Protestantism in the public schools -- Revivalism and Christian education -- William Rainey Harper and the University of Chicago -- 30. Pragmatism and education -- Roots of pragmatism -- Founders of pragmatism -- Pragmatism and religious education -- 31. Horace Bushnell and Christian nurture -- The life of Horace Bushnell -- Bushnell's concept of Christian nurture -- Bushnell's contributions to Christian education -- 32. The education of women in early America -- Women in evangelistic ministries -- Female seminaries -- Oberlin College and coeducation -- Synopsis of Part 6

Part 7: Christian education in the twentieth century -- 33. Christian educators of the twentieth century I -- George Albert Coe -- William Clayton Bower -- Luther Allan Weigle -- J.M. Price -- E.J. Chave -- Hugh Hartshorne -- Gaines S. Dobbins -- Edna Baxter -- Paul Vieth -- Rachel Henderlite -- Randolph Crump Miller -- 34. Christian educators of the twentieth century II -- Findley B. Edge -- D. Campbell Wyckoff -- Sara Little -- Paulo Freire -- James Michael Lee -- John H. Westerhoff III -- Gabriel Moran -- James Fowler -- Thomas H. Groome -- 35. Movements in twentieth-century Christian education -- Vacation Bible school -- Church day-care centers and kindergartens -- Christian education as a profession -- Ministry of the laity/lay renewal -- Private schools -- The women's movement -- Synopsis of Part 7 -- Bibliography.

Ours is an age of rapid change. What is fashionable comes and goes more quickly than ever before. In a world of such rapid change, it's essential to know who you are--to know where you come from, to have your roots go deep. Walking through this book is like going to a large family reunion and meeting for the first time some relatives you didn't know you had. Here in all of its richness and diversity is your family of faith. Of course, the roots of Christian education go deep into the Hebrew heritage. In many ways, Christian education is an extension of Hebrew education.

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