Reimagining Christian Education Cultivating Transformative Approaches /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Luetz, Johannes M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Dowden, Tony (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Norsworthy, Beverley (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Church and education.; Theology.; Religion and sociology.; Philosophy and social sciences.; Education-Philosophy.; Lifelong learning.; Adult education.; Religion and Education.; Christian Theology.; Religion and Society.; Philosophy of Education.; Educational Philosophy.; Lifelong Learning/Adult Education.

This book is an arresting interdisciplinary publication on Christian education, comprising works by leading scholars, professionals and practitioners from around the globe. It focuses on the integrated approaches to Christian education that are both theoretically sound and practically beneficial, an...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Calling teachers: "To shine like the stars of heaven"
• 2 Modelling our teaching on the Jesus of the Gospels
• 3 Wide-awakeness in the world: Reimagining Bible engagement in Christian education with teenagers in light of Maxine Greene's aesthetic pedagogy
• 4 Reimagining reflective practice as life-long learning for professional development within Christian ministry
• 5 Narrative as a fundamental container for 21st century spirituality
• 6 Towards a model for inclusive education in Christian higher educational institutions: A prototype program
• 7 Inclusion in education: "A piggy back will (not) do?"
• 8 You're welcome: Hospitality encounters in teaching
• 9 Teaching history for a moral purpose: Wilberforce as evangelical hero
• 10 Songs of orientation: Cultural liturgies, the history classroom and the 'winter Christian' of discontent
• 11 Transformative learning: Insights from first year students' experience
• 12 Teaching counselling from a Christian world-view: Why and how do we do this?
• 13 Hope, faith and love: Engaging the heart in the world of business
• 14 Business, education, research and theology
• 15 Education as the aspirational sine qua non for human flourishing: Case study from Bangladesh
• 16 Education: Success factor for poverty reduction, environmental justice and intergenerational equity
• 17 Investing in Australian youth: A community organisation that makes a difference
• 18 Teaching as relationship
• 19 For the love of what? Implications of utility driven education in Christian schooling
• 20 Reimagining Christian formation in online theological education
• 21 Higher education: What's love got to do with it? Longings, desires and human flourishing
• 22 The trinity, love and higher education: Recovering communities of enchanted learning.