CAN CHRISTIANS BE EDUCATED?
CAN CHRISTIANS BE EDUCATED?
by Morton T. Kelsey
Summary: Shows how to make educational ministry more deeply spiritual by helping to put learners and also oneself into direct experiential contact with the deeply human and divine qualities which lie deep within the hearts and soul of every person. Only through such direct experiential contact can genuine education take place and be nourished.
Spirit of the Book This is possibly the only important religious education book which organically links the depth psychology of Carl Jung with the teaching of Christianity. This Jungian base stresses that the essence of religious education is to work with learners in helping them tap into their experience of God and thus become transformed as persons. This is Kelsey's only book on religious education.
What this Book Gives You This book gives you (1) a beautifully wrought treatment of major affective dimensions of religious education; (2) practical ways of linking each of these major dimensions with concrete instructional practice; (3) a proven way in which these major dimensions can be organically inserted into an overall parish model for successful religious education.
Distinctiveness: Why this Book is Special When all is said and done, the distinctiveness of this book lies in the author and in his special vision of Christianity and of religious education. Morton Kelsey is one of the most beloved and most widely read of contemporary religionists because of his constant focus on touching the face of God through that kind of religious experience which is available to everyone.
Major Features: Major features of this delightful book include: (1) a Jungian-type worldview which enables the learners to move beyond the limitations of time and space and thus to an experience of God; (2) ways of helping learners pray more purely, love God and neighbor more deeply, use emotions more wisely, and come to Christian wholeness more completely.
Chapters
1. A Parish Model for Educating Christians
2. Education in Praying
3.
Education in Love
4. Education in Communication
5.
Education in Wholeness
6. Education for Understanding Emotion and Finding
Value
7. A World View for Educating Christians
Praise for this Book Voluminous praise has been heaped on this lovely book.
A review in REVIEW AND EXPOSITOR says: "This is a tremendously important book."
A review in THE LIVING LIGHT says: "This book shows some of the most effective ways of communicating the faith and practice of Christianity."
A review in THE CATECHIST states: "A great book for DRE's and all those responsible for teachers. This volume encourages a new commitment and re-dedication of catechists to their creative ministry."
A review in RELIGION TEACHER'S JOURNAL calls this book "a consciousness-raising collection of thought-provoking insights and research results."
Price and
Such
154 pages List Price:
$14.95 ISBN 0-89135-008-X