
Nurturing Faith
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Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Sidebars
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- Foreword by Charles R. Foster
- Introduction
- Introduction
- Teaching Conceptions of Jesus
- Questions in Christian Educational Theory
- The Purpose of the Book
- Defining Our Terms
- The Authors
- Organization of the Book
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- Part One: Cultural Dynamics of Nurturing Faith
- 1. Leaving the Faith: Eulogies of Disenchantment, Lethargy, and Irrelevance
- Introduction
- Challenges to Nurturing Faith
- Learning from Other Faith Traditions
- Here's the Problem .
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 2. Stories We Tell Ourselves: How Concepts of Modernism and Postmodernism Inform and Inhibit Nurturing Faith
- Introduction
- The Story of Faith
- How We Got Here: Stages of Modern Thought
- The Call to Faith
- The Story of Modernism/Postmodernism
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 3. Fusing Belief and Practice: How Religious Nominalism Informs and Inhibits Nurturing Faith
- The Assent of Nominalism
- Contributors to and Manifestations of Christian Nominalism
- The Dance of Belief and Practice
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 4. Keeping the Faith: Sketching a Practical Theology for Nurturing Faith
- Challenges of and Opportunities for Nurturing Faith
- Distinctives of and Gifts for Nurturing Faith
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- Part Two: Criteria for Nurturing Faith
- 5. Revelation, Experience, and the Hope of Profound Transformation
- Introduction
- Coming to Terms with Revelation
- Mediating Sources of Revelation
- Revelation in the Modern and Postmodern Worlds
- Implications for Revelation and Nurturing Faith
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 6. Humanity, Embodiment, and the Trust of Interdependent Kinship
- Introduction
- Coming to Terms with Human Being
- Human Portraiture
- Steps toward a Theological Anthropology
- Implications for Faith Formation
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 7. Jesus, Sin, and the Grace of Cruciform Resurrection
- Introduction
- Story
- Theological Musings on Paschal Mystery for Faith Formation
- Implications for Nurturing Faith
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 8. Church, Reconciliation, and the Faith of a Countercultural Community
- Introduction
- Coming to Terms with the Church
- "We Believe in the Church": Faith as Participation in Alternative Community
- (Two of) the Church's Failures
- Implications for Nurturing Faith
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 9. Virtue, Character, and Joy in Kingdom Practices
- Introduction
- Theories of Practice from Aristotle through Aquinas to MacIntyre
- Christian Practices
- Theologizing Practice: Practicing the Kingdom
- Practicing God's Realm, Receiving Divine Joy
- How Do Practices Work?
- Practices in Practice
- Implications for Faith Formation: Practicing God's Realm Today
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 10. Prophecy, Reflection, and the Freedom of Discerning Community
- Introduction
- Coming to Terms with Critical Reflection in Education
- Critical Reflection for Personal Transformation
- Critical Reflection for Social Transformation
- Theological Themes in Critical Reflection
- Implications for Nurturing Faith
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- Part Three: Colleagues in Nurturing Faith
- 11. Nurturing Atmospheric Faith in Children
- Introduction
- The Mandate for Nurturing Faith with Children
- Foundational Insights on Educating Children in Faith
- A Traditional Strategy for Nurturing Faith with Children: Schooling as Miscalculated Model of Learning
- Cultural Incursion: Protection, Innocence, and Premature Exposure
- A Proposed Strategy for Nurturing Faith with Children: Atmospheric Faith
- Propositions for Nurturing Faith with Children
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 12. Nurturing Passionate Faith in Adolescents
- Introduction
- What Is Adolescence?
- Nurturing Passionate Faith in Young People
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 13. Nurturing Vocational Faith in Adults
- Introduction
- Dynamic Adulthood
- Faith-Forming Implications of Dynamic Adulthood
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- Part Four: Contexts for Nurturing Faith
- 14. Nurturing Intergenerational Faith through Congregations
- Introduction
- Challenges to Faith Communities
- Congregations as Communities That Nurture Faith
- Congregations as Intergenerational Communities That Nurture Faith
- Intergenerational Community Faith Formation in Action
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 15. Nurturing Integrative Faith through Christian Schools
- Introduction
- Theological, Social, and Cultural Impacts upon Christian Schooling
- Theological and Educational Considerations for Christian Schooling
- A Case Study in Deliberative Vision and Practice in Christian Schooling
- Church in the Education of the Public
- Whither Christians? Private, Public, or Home Schooling?
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 16. Nurturing Intentional Faith through Theological Education
- Introduction
- Conceiving the Craft of Professor in Theological Education
- Best Practices for Teaching in Higher Education
- Prevailing Misperceptions of Educational Philosophy, Psychology, and Practice in Theological Education
- Conclusion
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- Additional Resources
- Part Five: Conversations in Nurturing Faith
- 17. A Teaching Agenda for the Global Church in a Postmodern World
- The Uniqueness of Christian Teaching and Faith
- Translating John Dewey into Our Faith-Nurturing Agenda
- Noneducation, Miseducation, and Education
- Wisdom and Our Modest Proposal for a Teaching Agenda
- Interactive Dialogue
- For Further Reading
- 18. A Conversation among Practical Theologians
- Response 1: Reflections on the Nature of Revelation and Religious Experience by Martyn Percy
- Response 2: Kinship and Difference: Relationships Aren't Easy by Almeda M. Wright
- Response 3: Participation in the Means of Grace by Craig Dykstra
- Response 4: Redeeming Hope: An Alternate Kingdom Informing Culture by Kirsten Sonkyo Oh
- Response 5: Lived Faith in Communities of Charitable Critique by Elizabeth DeGaynor
- Response 6: Knowing for Living Faith by Thomas Groome
- Rejoinder and Epilogue
- The Law of Unintended Consequences
- Galvanizing Issues of Convergence
- Faith in, Obedience to, and Praise for God
- Parting Plea-Compromise Elsewhere
- Interactive Dialogue
- Acknowledgments
- List of Contributors
- Notes
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