Religious Education: A Comprehensive Survey of background, theory, methods, administration, and agencies

by Marvin J. (editor) TAYLOR

How do evangelism, fellowship, service, kingdom consciousness, and worship relate to the purpose of Christian education, or to education in general? Some educators may raise serious questions about the growing similarity between Christian and secular education. They wonder, what purpose does a Christian have in a public school? Others maintain that the acquiring of knowledge, values, skills, and behaviors is important in and of itself, and that the added purposes of evangelism, fellowship, service, and worship only detract from education in its highest form. Why then suggest any additional purposes? Other concerns may be raised by Christians who differ in their interpretations of Scripture, or in the value they place on experiences vs. reason. Their philosophical differences will naturally effect their choice of purposes and goals for education.

Hardcover

Published January 1, 1960