Jack L. Seymour
A Pedagogy for Planetary Convivência
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Offering the powerful image of reconnecting us to the ‘flow of the rivers of life,’ Débora Junker invites us into a holistic conversation about ‘care-full’ transformative education. I recommend we journey with her.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“I highly recommend this book. Excellent biblical scholarship leads to powerful educational practice! Ha reveals the power of biblical narrative teaching. Drawing skillfully and profoundly on teaching practices in the Gospel of John, Ha shows us how to continue to live the story of Jesus. As he hopes, this rich and important book enlivens 'lethargic faith formation' with passion and faithfulness.”
Black and White Styles of Youth Ministry
Children & Youth
“Be ready to be challenged! Bill Myers reveals the hidden assumptions rooted in youth ministries. He shows that faithfulness is born from the interrelationship of context, gospel, and transformation.”
“Rarely do we encounter truly pathbreaking books. Christly Gestures is such a book. Brett Webb-Mitchell invites us into the complexity and richness of church education. We are invited to share — and to be — the practices and gestures of the Good News. This book is both traditional and liberating — traditional in helping us to encounter how the tradition embodies the good news of Christ, liberating in helping us to focus on the leading of God in the midst of a broken world. A very important contribution to congregational education uniting mind, soul, body, and will.”
World Religions
“From its founding, the Religious Education Association has crossed religious boundaries in an effort to learn from each other and to contribute to the education of the wider public world. That is precisely what Kujawa-Holbrook's book does. Her survey of the scholarship on interfaith education is a foundation on which other scholars and practitioners will draw. The book offers rationale for interfaith education, describes processes of education, provides multiple examples of concrete practices, and highlights the profoundly transforming outcomes that occur.”
History & Biography
“Religious motivations were at the heart of the expansion of higher education in the United States. Brett Smith, using the University of Illinois as a case study, tells the fascinating story of the religious commitments, conflicts, and institutions that were at the heart of the founding of 'state colleges' of higher education. In today's more conflicted era, we too often forget how deeply religion has been at the heart of the efforts to expand opportunity, grow educational access, and shape public life in hopeful and healing patterns. Thanks to Dr. Smith for reminding us of this heritage.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“Learning for Life provides a research-tested model for teaching religion and worldview to children. Drawing on the talents of teachers, the approach provides for a lively, holistic, and critical approach to assist children to develop their convictions in the community of the class. The approach recognizes the importance of beliefs and meanings to building community and conversation in a diverse, democratic society. While rooted in the experiences of the Netherlands, I highly recommend this book to others as it enriches our strategies for teaching worldview and religion with children—strategies that respect the differences and meaning-making abilities of children.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“Join the dialogue. Live as disciples. Seek the realm of God. Through this important textbook, Edie and Lamport invite us into an amazing conversation about nurturing faith. It is at once fresh and comprehensive, culturally aware and theologically faithful. They guide us through challenges to educating in faith to offer gifts for nurturing faith. Through sidebars, a foreword, and six stimulating responses, they invite others to join us in the dialogue. How to nurture Christian disciples who make a difference serving God’s realm of hope and justice is the conversation they host. Indeed, I recommend you join with them in the dialogue.”
Discipleship & Christian Education
“Proleptic Pedagogy is an important book for faculty and administrators of theological seminaries and departments of theological teaching. Readers are invited into a faculty conversation as members from St. Paul School of Theology reflect on their teaching and how it contributes to the educational goals of the seminary. The format of each chapter is itself an exercise in practical theology, moving from specific classroom stories . . . to theological reflection and implications for practice. . . . This book will stimulate faculty conversation about theological teaching and learning goals.”
The Myth of the Saving Power of Education
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“What is the future of education? What values will be taught? Can we rely on public education to help children succeed? Do we need to create faith-based schools? Drawing on cultural studies, educational policy, and theology, Hannah Adams Ingram enriches the conversation. For people of faith, she offers directions for enhancing the support structures for education and contributing to human flourishing.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“I recommend What Does the Bible Say? to pastors and church teachers as a fine resource to assist in focusing Bible study for the people of God. HyeRan Kim-Cragg and Mary Ann Beavis have courageously addressed some crucial theological and biblical issues facing the church. Through careful and engaging scholarship, they demonstrate to teachers how the richness of the biblical witness can be clarified and communicated. Indeed, they clarify 'what the Bible says' and help the people of God freshly and faithfully read the Bible.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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