Christianity regards teaching as one of the most foundational and critically sustaining ministries of the Church. As a result, Christian education remains one of the largest and oldest continuously functioning educational systems in the world, comprising both formal day schools and higher education institutions as well as informal church study groups and parachurch ministries in more than 140 countries. In The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, contributors explore the many facets of Christian education in terms of its impact on curriculum, literacy, teacher training, outcomes, and professional standards. This encyclopedia is the first reference work devoted exclusively to chronicling the unique history of Christian education across the globe, illustrating how Christian educators pioneered such educational institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women’s education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten.
With an editorial advisory board of more than 30 distinguished scholars and five consulting editors, TheEncyclopedia of Christian Education contains more than 1,200 entries by 400 contributors from 75 countries. These volumes covers a vast range of topics from Christian education:
History spanning from the church’s founding through the Middle Ages to the modern day
Denominational and institutional profiles
Intellectual traditions in Christian education
Biblical and theological frameworks, curricula, missions, adolescent and higher education, theological training, and Christian pedagogy
Biographies of distinguished Christian educators
This work is ideal for scholars of both the history of Christianity and education, as well as researchers and students of contemporary Christianity and modern religious education.
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Encyclopedia of Christian Education
Christianity regards teaching as one of the most foundational and critically sustaining ministries of the Church. As a result, Christian education remains one of the largest and oldest continuously functioning educational systems in the world, comprising both formal day schools and higher education institutions as well as informal church study groups and parachurch ministries in more than 140 countries. In The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, contributors explore the many facets of Christian education in terms of its impact on curriculum, literacy, teacher training, outcomes, and professional standards. This encyclopedia is the first reference work devoted exclusively to chronicling the unique history of Christian education across the globe, illustrating how Christian educators pioneered such educational institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women’s education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten.
With an editorial advisory board of more than 30 distinguished scholars and five consulting editors, TheEncyclopedia of Christian Education contains more than 1,200 entries by 400 contributors from 75 countries. These volumes covers a vast range of topics from Christian education:
History spanning from the church’s founding through the Middle Ages to the modern day
Denominational and institutional profiles
Intellectual traditions in Christian education
Biblical and theological frameworks, curricula, missions, adolescent and higher education, theological training, and Christian pedagogy
Biographies of distinguished Christian educators
This work is ideal for scholars of both the history of Christianity and education, as well as researchers and students of contemporary Christianity and modern religious education.
Christianity regards teaching as one of the most foundational and critically sustaining ministries of the Church. As a result, Christian education remains one of the largest and oldest continuously functioning educational systems in the world, comprising both formal day schools and higher education institutions as well as informal church study groups and parachurch ministries in more than 140 countries. In The Encyclopedia of Christian Education, contributors explore the many facets of Christian education in terms of its impact on curriculum, literacy, teacher training, outcomes, and professional standards. This encyclopedia is the first reference work devoted exclusively to chronicling the unique history of Christian education across the globe, illustrating how Christian educators pioneered such educational institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women’s education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten.
With an editorial advisory board of more than 30 distinguished scholars and five consulting editors, TheEncyclopedia of Christian Education contains more than 1,200 entries by 400 contributors from 75 countries. These volumes covers a vast range of topics from Christian education:
History spanning from the church’s founding through the Middle Ages to the modern day
Denominational and institutional profiles
Intellectual traditions in Christian education
Biblical and theological frameworks, curricula, missions, adolescent and higher education, theological training, and Christian pedagogy
Biographies of distinguished Christian educators
This work is ideal for scholars of both the history of Christianity and education, as well as researchers and students of contemporary Christianity and modern religious education.
George Thomas Kurian (1931–2015) was president of the Encyclopedia Society and the editor of sixty-five books, including numerous encyclopedias and dictionaries. He was also a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He was the editor, among others, of The World Christian Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, and Encyclopedia of Christian Literature.
Mark A. Lamport is professor of practical theology at graduate schools in Colorado, Arizona, Virginia, California, Indiana, Belgium, Wales, England, and Portugal. He has published for 30 years in the discipline of Christian education.
Table of Contents
About the Editors, Prologue/Foreword Contributors, Editorial Advisory Board, and Editorial Consultants Prologue by J.I. Packer Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas Foreword by Richard Mouw Foreword by Ronald Sider Foreword by Will Willimon Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Volume 1: A-G Volume 2: H-R Volume 3: S-Z Appendix A: Appendix B: Appendix C: Appendix D: Index of Entries by Author Notes on Contributors Index
