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STH TE 812: Introduction to Christian Education: Person, Community, and Religious Education
This course is a practical introduction to ministries of learning and teaching in Christian communities. It will explore opportunities for formation across the human life cycle and in diverse contexts, drawing on a range of theological, theoretical & historical perspectives. Students will analyze the education offerings of religious communities, evaluate educational resources, practice effective teaching approaches, and design educational strategies appropriate to their community of faith. Attention will be given to a range of topics, such as Bible study, Sunday school, youth camps, interfaith relationships, education for social change, formation in Christian practices, and dialogue around controversial issues. -
STH TE 814: Minister as Educator
An introduction to the ministry of religious education by the ordained pastor. Helps students identify and develop religious education curricular materials and discussed the theological underpinnings of a religious education program. -
STH TE 819: REligious Education for Social Transformation
 This course explores a religious pedagogy that enables communities of faith to integrate the personal formation of their members with their communal public actions for social transformation. Both the history and the current practices of Christian religious education reveal a division between two educational dimensions: the formation of "self" and the transformation of society. Rather than separate tasks, participants are invited to understand these as one integrated task. The pedagogy of practicing theology will be introduced to show how it enables people in communities of faith to develop their personhoods, as they participate in the communities' actions for social transformation. -
STH TE 845: Religion and Education
The relationship of government with schools and colleges based upon religious convictions and the efforts of educators to shape and maintain a distinctive character in such institutions. Issues of educational freedom and the rights of parents in historical and comparative international perspective.
