From Formation to the Frontiers: The Dialectic of Christian Education
This article links education with discipleship. In both, the first task is developing the human person. This task is incomplete until learners (and disciples) have been encouraged to reach out to others, especially those ‘at the margins’. Christian education essentially involves two major movements:...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Paternoster Periodicals
[2003]
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Journal of education & Christian belief
Year: 2003, Volume: 7, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-21 |
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| Summary: | This article links education with discipleship. In both, the first task is developing the human person. This task is incomplete until learners (and disciples) have been encouraged to reach out to others, especially those ‘at the margins’. Christian education essentially involves two major movements: formation and work ‘at the frontiers’. Both are necessary. Formation without work at the frontiers is inadequate to the gospel imperative to be inclusive; while work at the frontiers without sufficient attention to formation lacks the distinctiveness, specificity or ‘salt’ of Christian faith. These two movements are analysed and their dialectical relationships and reciprocal effects are explored. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of education & Christian belief
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/205699710300700103 |