A History of Christian School Education

by Paul A. Kienel

In this first of a two-volume work, Dr. Paul A. Kienel traces the rich heritage of Christ-centered education from its beginning in the first-century church to today's Christian school movement. Dr. Kienel effectively captures the historical passion for Christian school education that has motivated his lifework.

Genres: Education

388 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

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Overall a good book that helps shed light on an aspect of history which few actually consider. My biggest critique of the book would be its tendency to focus on the negative aspects of the medieval and I noticed a few minor data which disagrees with other sources. On the other hand, the book covers almost 2000 years of history in 400ish pages and therefore focused on the bigger picture. In a lot of ways it is an eye-opener for those who know very little about who is to blame for some of "Christianity's" greatest atrocities (inquisition, crusades, etc.)...not protestants (though they officially did not exist as of yet under that title), but another group often clumped with mainline Christianity. Kienel was also honest in revealing the bad within protestant circles as well.

[Gregory]

Aaaack! The author (though he has done good and valuable work for the cause of Christian education), perpetuates myths and legends about the early church and the middle ages. He is entirely Baptistic in his theology (nothing really good happened in the Church before the Reformation). He also relies on severely out-dated secondary works of history. I appreciate his effort, but future generations of Christian scholars need to tell this story over again.