Teaching That Transforms Worship as the Heart of Christian Education
- Grand Rapids, Michigan Brazos Press 2004
- 255p
includes index and biblioraphy
Part One: The Problem with Religious Education 1. Understanding Religion: Religious Education as Quest for Transcendence 29 Introduction The Invention of Religion Getting Outside Ourselves: The Fallacy of Perspective Splitting the Difference: Jews and Christians in Dialogue Summary 2. Freedom and Justice for All: Religious Education as Modern Project 49 Introduction Religious Education as Spiritual Endeavor Christian Education and the Kingdom of God Freedom For and Freedom From Christian Religious Education and the Cause of Justice Justice, Love, and the Common Good Summary 3. Faith and the Public Good: Religious Education as Responsible Citizenship 73 Introduction The Bible and Religious Education "Has God Only One Blessing?" Judaism in Christian Terms Repairing the World The "Public Church": Citizenship and Discipleship Summary Part Two: Pedagogy without Apology 4. Worship and Catechesis: Knowledge, Desire, and Christian Formation 97 Introduction Knowledge and Conversion Knowledge and Worship Knowledge and Difference Knowledge and Communion Knowledge and the Triune God Knowledge and Discipleship Knowledge and Desire Summary 5. Entrance: What We Bring with Us to Worship 117 Introduction Consumerism, Narcissism, and the Therapeutic Sensibility Church, Consumerism, and the Loss of Embodiment Nationalism and Christianity "O Say Can You See": Nationalism, Worship, and Christian Formation Summary 6. Proclamation and Response: The Formative Power of Word and Water 143 Introduction Preaching as Formation: Shaping Character and Community Preaching and Imagination: Transforming Vision Preaching and Catechesis: Challenging the Myths Preaching as Counterformation: Reshaping Character and Community Response to the Word: Baptism and Identity Baptismal Crisis: Family Idolatry and the Dangers of Parody Baptismal Catechesis: Christian Initiation in the Early Church Extraliturgical Catechesis: Teaching about the Baptismal Life Summary 7. Thanksgiving and Communion: The Formative Power of Prayer and Eucharist 173 Introduction The Opening Prayer: "Collecting" Ourselves before God Prayers of Confession: Telling the Truth about Ourselves Prayers of the People: Remembering the World before God The Eucharist as Imaginative Act Strategic Imagination: Ritual and Resistance The Great Thanksgiving: Prayer and Communion Eucharistic Catechesis: Teaching about Communion Summary 8. Sending Forth: The Liturgy after the Liturgy 209 Introduction Sent Forth: Liturgy and Ethics, Worship and Witness Sent Forth: Catechesis after the Liturgy Summary