CE and Faith formation - Articles and Essays
2023. Pietsch, Evan P. “A Metacognitive Analysis of Conceptual Thinking in Spiritual Formation Utilizing Vygotsky’s Concept Theory.” Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry, 20(2), 245-65.
2023. Trentham, John. D. “On the Relation of Teaching to Preaching: A Discussion,” Christian Education Journal (2023, online), 1-19.
2022. Siew, Yau Man. “A Case Study in Adult Discipleship: Implications for Pastoral Leadership & Imagination.” Chapter in David F.W. Wong and Boon Leong Oh (Editors), Faithful in Ministry; Faithful in Mission: Essays in Honor of Rev. Dr. Daniel Chua. Singapore: Graceworks Private Limited.
2021. Trentham, John D. “Mere Didaskalia: The Vocational Calling and Mission of Christian Ministry,” Christian Education Journal, Vol. 18(2), 212-228.
2018. Groome, Thomas H. “Traces That Remain: From Life to Faith to Life.” Religious Education, 113:2, 147-155.
2015. Kandiah, Krish, "7 Reasons Why Preaching Isn't Dead,” Preaching Today
2013. Siew, Yau Man, "Pastor as Shepherd-Teacher: Insiders' Stories of Pastoral and Educational Imagination," Christian Education Journal v10 n1 (2013), 48-70.
2009. Going, Nancy, “The Way of Jesus: Adolescent Development as Christological Process,” Lifelong Faith (Winter 2009), 3-13.
2005. Farley, Edward, "Four Pedagogical Mistakes: A Mea Culpa," Teaching Theology & Religion, v8, n4, 200-203.
1999. Rowe, Arthur, "Preaching & Teaching,” Evangel (Summer 1999), 48-52.
1985. Farley, Edward, "Can Church Education be Theological Education?" Theology Today, v42 n2, pp. 158-171
Books on CE and Faith Formation
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Basics of Christian Education
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Faith for the heart : a "Catholic" spirituality
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Grounded in the Gospel : building believers the old-fashioned way
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Call Number: BV 1534 .2 .P33 2010ISBN: 9780801068386Publication Date: 2010-04-01 -
Introducing Christian Education
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Call Number: BV 1471 .3 .I58 2001ISBN: 9780801022753Publication Date: 2001-09-01Library also has eBook edition. -
Learning the Way
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Call Number: BV 4520 .W49 2009ISBN: 9781566993852Publication Date: 2009-03-31An interesting look into how the church has formed disciples from its earliest days and what we can learn. -
Liturgy and Learning Through the Life Cycle
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Call Number: BV 176 .W47 1980ISBN: 9780816404711Publication Date: 1980-01-01 -
Models of Religious Education : Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective
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Pastor:The Theology and Practice of Ordained Ministry Revised Edition
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Call Number: BV 4011 .3 .W55 2016ISBN: 9781501804908Publication Date: 2016-02-16First edition is available from the library as an eBook.
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Practicing Gospel : Unconventional Thoughts on the Church’s Ministry
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The Role of Teaching in Sustaining the Church
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Call Number: BV 1464 .B874 2004ISBN: 9781885224477Publication Date: 2004-08-01
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Taught by God : Teaching and Spiritual Formation
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Call Number: BV 1471 .3 .Y87 2006ISBN: 9780827236493Publication Date: 2006-08-01 -
Teaching and Celebrating the Christian Seasons
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The Teaching Ministry of Congregations
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Teaching That Transforms
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Teaching the Bible in the Church
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Call Number: ABBA Stacks BS 600 .3 .B72 2003ISBN: 9780827236431Publication Date: 2003-01-01Library also has eBook edition. -
Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful
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Call Number: BV 1471 .3 .P37 2009ISBN: 9780830825875Publication Date: 2009-10-16Library also has eBook edition. -
Teaching the Way of Jesus
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Call Number: BV 1464 .S483 2014ISBN: 9781426765056Publication Date: 2014-03-18Library also has eBook -
To Begin at the Beginning : An Introduction to the Christian Faith
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Total Church
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Call Number: BV 600 .3 .C44 2008ISBN: 9781433502088Publication Date: 2008-08-21These pastors focus on three critical themes in their church-planting: gospel, mission and community, with many dynamic educational principles. One of the best books on contemporary critique of church. -
What Makes Education Catholic : spiritual foundations
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What's Theology Got to Do with It?
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Call Number: BV 3 .R64 2006ISBN: 9781566993203Publication Date: 2005-12-30Though not a book on CE as such, it has a brilliant chapter on education in the church from a pastoral perspective. Anything by Robinson on pastoral ministry is rich and insightful reading. He was for many years a pastor in the United Church of Christ in Seattle, and now is a consultant to church renewal. His website is a rich resource for pastors (www.anthonybrobinson.com). -
Will Our Children Have Faith?
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Formation in Faith h: The Congregational Ministry of Making Disciples
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You Are What You Love
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Call Number: BV 176 .3 .S48 2016ISBN: 9781587433801Publication Date: 2016-04-05Smith’s description of powerful cultural liturgies that shape our desires (eros) is timely, in light of our common “schooling model” of teaching and discipleship.
More books on CE and Faith Formation
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The Christian Educator's Handbook on Teaching
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Call Number: BV 1534 .C477 1988ISBN: 9780896934894Publication Date: 1988-09-01
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Christian Religious Education: Sharing our Story and Vision
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Call Number: BV 1471 .2 .G687 1999ISBN: 9780787947859Publication Date: 1999-02-11This is considered a “classic” by many, both in mainline Protestant and Roman Catholic schools. -
Creative Teaching Methods
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Desiring the Kingdom : Worship, Worldview and Cultural Formation
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Education That Is Christian
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Call Number: BV 1471 .2 .L398 1989ISBN: 9780896937451Publication Date: 1989-09-01LeBar occupied the chair of CE at Wheaton College for many years and under her tutelage, many pastors and CE professors have carried her legacy all over the world.
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Enlighten Formational Learning in Theological Field Education.
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Fashion Me a People
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Call Number: BV 3 .H34 1989ISBN: 9780664240523Publication Date: 1989-01-01Library also has eBook. -
Following Jesus : the plural disciple is church
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Fostering Faith
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Foundations of Ministry : an Introduction to Christian Education for a New Generation
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The Fragility of Knowledge
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Call Number: BV 4020 .F348 1988ISBN: 9780800620806Publication Date: 1988-07-01
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From Generation to Generation
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Call Number: BV 1471 .3 .F67 2012ISBN: 9781620321959Publication Date: 2012-10-02Library also has eBook. -
Growing in the Life of Faith
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Call Number: BV 1464 .D95 2005ISBN: 9780664227586Publication Date: 2005-09-02Dykstra taught CE at Princeton Seminary for many years before becoming VP Religion at The Lilly Endowment, an active charity that supports the education, religion and social development in US. A very helpful discussion of the Christian practices in Christian education and faith formation in the church. -
Mapping Christian Education
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Nurturing Faith : a practical theology for educating Christians
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Planning for Christian Education Formation : a community of faith approach
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Practicing Our Faith
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Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780470569924Publication Date: 2010-01-06Mainline churches are looking into the traditional practices (disciplines) of the Christian church as an important source of Christian formation in the church. -
The Seven Laws of Teaching
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Call Number: ABBA Stacks LB 1025 .G83 1995ISBN: 9780801052729Publication Date: 1995-08-01 -
Teaching Minister
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Call Number: BR 526 .W54 1991ISBN: 9780664251741Publication Date: 1991-01-01A clear and concise call for pastors to fulfill their major role as educational leaders for the congregation and a rich biblical theology for this responsibility. One of the best books I have read on pastor as teacher in the church. -
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Will There Be Faith?
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Call Number: ABBA Stacks BX 2350 .3 .G755 2011ISBN: 9780062037282Publication Date: 2011-08-23Groome’s “shared Christian praxis” approach to teaching first appeared in his Christian Religious Education (HarperSanFrancisco/Jossey-Bass, 1980/1999), and remains a major theme in this book. Here, he outlines his vision of Christian religious education in the Roman Catholic tradition. -
Wise Teaching
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Call Number: ABBA Stacks BS 1455 .M45 1998ISBN: 9781563381393Publication Date: 1998-07-01
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