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Preface |
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About the Author |
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Part I. The Nature of Christian Religious Education |
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Three Assumptions and Concerns of Educators over Time |
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The Assumption and Concern for the ``Past'' |
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The Assumption and Concern for the ``Present'' |
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8 | (1) |
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The Assumption and Concern for the ``Future'' |
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9 | (1) |
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The Assumption and Concerns in History |
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10 | (2) |
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12 | (3) |
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12 | (2) |
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14 | (1) |
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The Political Nature of Educating Pilgrims in Time |
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15 | (5) |
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20 | (15) |
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20 | (1) |
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21 | (2) |
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Christian Religious Education |
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23 | (3) |
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26 | (7) |
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Two Caveats on ``Coming to Terms'' |
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28 | (5) |
Part II. The Purpose of Christian Religious Education |
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33 | (2) |
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Education for the Kingdom of God |
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35 | (21) |
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The Kingdom of God in the Hebrew Scriptures |
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36 | (2) |
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Jesus and the Kingdom of God |
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38 | (5) |
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The Kingdom of God in Contemporary Christian Theology |
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43 | (6) |
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Pastoral Implications of the Kingdom of God |
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43 | (6) |
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A Consensus View of the Kingdom as Ultimate Purpose for Christian Religious Education |
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49 | (7) |
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56 | (26) |
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Christian Faith in Three Dimensions |
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57 | (9) |
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57 | (4) |
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61 | (2) |
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63 | (3) |
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66 | (7) |
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Focal Themes in Fowler's Thesis |
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67 | (2) |
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Stages of Faith Development |
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69 | (4) |
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Religious Education Toward Christian Faith |
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73 | (9) |
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82 | (27) |
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Created to Image a Free Creator |
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83 | (5) |
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Pilgrims Toward Freedom Through Jesus Christ |
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88 | (9) |
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Sin and Salvation Revisited |
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92 | (2) |
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94 | (3) |
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Christian Faith and Human Freedom in Religious Education |
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97 | (10) |
Part III. The Context of Christian Religious Education |
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107 | (2) |
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On Becoming Christian Together |
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109 | (30) |
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The Social Process of Human Becoming |
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109 | (6) |
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110 | (1) |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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The Self/Society Dialectic |
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113 | (2) |
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The Social Process of Christian Becoming |
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115 | (11) |
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Christian Socialization and Religious Education |
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115 | (6) |
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A Dialectical Approach to the Socialization Approach |
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121 | (5) |
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Conclusion: Both Socialization and Education |
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126 | (9) |
Part IV. An Approach to Christian Religious Education |
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135 | (4) |
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In Search of a ``Way of Knowing'' for Christian Religious Education |
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139 | (13) |
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The Epistemological Question |
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139 | (2) |
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The Biblical Way of Knowing |
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141 | (4) |
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141 | (1) |
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142 | (3) |
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An Epistemological Shift in Christian Religious Education |
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145 | (4) |
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Toward a Praxis Epistemology for Christian Religious Education |
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149 | (3) |
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Some Philosophical Roots for a Praxis Way of Knowing |
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152 | (32) |
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153 | (4) |
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Christian Education and Greek Intellectualism: A Conflict |
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157 | (5) |
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Hegel and the Praxis of Geist |
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162 | (3) |
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Marx's Praxis Way of Knowing |
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165 | (4) |
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Habermas' Division of the Three Ways of Knowing |
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169 | (6) |
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Paulo Freire and His Praxis of Education |
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175 | (9) |
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184 | (23) |
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The Components of a Shared Praxis Approach |
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184 | (13) |
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184 | (1) |
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185 | (3) |
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188 | (3) |
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191 | (2) |
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193 | (2) |
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Present Dialectical Hermeneutics |
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195 | (2) |
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Guidelines for Decision Making in a Group Using Shared Praxis |
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197 | (10) |
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198 | (1) |
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198 | (1) |
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199 | (8) |
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207 | (32) |
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207 | (16) |
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208 | (3) |
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The Participants' Stories and Visions |
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211 | (3) |
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The Christian Community Story and Vision |
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214 | (3) |
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Dialectical Hermeneutic Between the Story and Participants' Stories |
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217 | (3) |
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Dialectical Hermeneutic Between the Vision and Participants' Visions |
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220 | (3) |
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Some General Reflections on Using Shared Praxis |
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223 | (12) |
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Variations and Sequence of Movements |
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223 | (2) |
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225 | (1) |
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The Environment of Shared Praxis |
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225 | (2) |
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Relationship of Theology to Christian Religious Education |
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227 | (3) |
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Liturgy and a Shared Praxis Approach |
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230 | (5) |
Part V. Readiness for Christian Religious Education |
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235 | (4) |
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Shared Praxis from a Piagetian Perspective |
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239 | (24) |
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The Activity of Knowing and Its Development |
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240 | (8) |
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The Stages of Cognitive Development |
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243 | (5) |
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248 | (13) |
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Piaget's Theory and a Shared Praxis Approach |
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250 | (11) |
Part VI. The Copartners in Christian Religious Education |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (14) |
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Our Students: Subjects Who Make History |
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263 | (2) |
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Our Selves: The Ministry of the Christian Religious Educator |
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265 | (12) |
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To Make Present the Story |
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269 | (1) |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (4) |
Postscript: Until Break of Day |
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277 | (2) |
Bibliography |
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279 | (12) |
Index |
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