Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry最新文献

{"title":"Book review: On Reading Well: Finding the Good Life through Great Books by Karen Swallow Prior","authors":"Amanda Hudspeth","doi":"10.1177/07398913231158173j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913231158173j","url":null,"abstract":"read because the book itself focuses on a specific topic rather than what the text itself says. When reading other chapters, it was easier to understand the author’s intentions, unlike chapters 3 and 4. His book is well worth reading in that he established a theological education model based on LTT’s teachings on integration in theological education. So, another important example of turning the biblical message into an educational model has emerged. I also generally agree with what the author is saying, and I hope that the model he suggests is feasible. However, ideally, his model is not applicable if the church and the seminary are not closely connected. Therefore, I think it would be more advantageous to work with a seminary affiliated with the denomination or with a seminary that has many churches established by graduates. I think that how important pastors perceive raising young ministers is an important success factor. As a result, if a case study on whether his model can be applied is conducted as a follow-up study, I think that there will be another development in theological education centered on integration.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115231503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CEJ Editorial","authors":"Alex Sosler","doi":"10.1177/07398913221122947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221122947","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130073400","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book review: Lifelong faith: Formation for all ages and generations by John Roberto","authors":"Kevin E. Lawson","doi":"10.1177/07398913221122947e","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221122947e","url":null,"abstract":"behaviors... act on us” (131). Like any good Socratic teacher, Song asks the questions allowing us to come to conclusions on our own. Song’s last chapter is important for its title, “The Church as Counterliturgy.” Christians always lose when we try to beat the world at its own game. “Turning the world upside down” (Acts 17:6) should be the result of how unbelievers see our actions. What is so winning about Restless Devices is that Felicia Wu Song has gone through the process of extricating herself from the tidal pull of cultural currents. Her honesty, her investigation, her praxis, her teaching the next generation, and her gentle approach – easily applied in and outside Christendom – is what draws us in to her exceptional work. If Silicon Valley elites know the power of screens, shouldn’t that tell us something? But perhaps, just perhaps, we should begin the spadework Restless Devices provides to plant seeds of change in us, our families, our churches, and our universities.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128513715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rejoice in Glorious Hope! Catechetical Reflections for Summertime","authors":"John David Trentham","doi":"10.1177/07398913221129298","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221129298","url":null,"abstract":"Greetings colleagues and friends! I am very pleased to present this summer issue of the Christian Education Journal. Commendations to all of our contributing authors! As always, thank you to every member of our editorial team who makes this work possible! No offense to Olaf and his keen insights, but summer should be more than just a season for “getting gorgeously tan” (Anderson-Lopez & Lopez, 2013). As a metaphor for human experience and development, I believe the season of summer has direct relevance for Christian education, particularly when we consider it within the classical and philosophical framework of catechesis: faith/ truth (Apostle’s Creed), hope/life (Lord’s Prayer), and love/way (Commandments). So even as our calendars shift to the season and semester of fall, I would like to offer a few summertime catechetical reflections on joy and rejoicing in the context of our our calling and mission as Christian educators in the ministry of discipleship.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127842604","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book review: 2084: Artificial intelligence and the future of humanity by John Lennox","authors":"J. Williams","doi":"10.1177/07398913221122947j","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221122947j","url":null,"abstract":"“ordained of God for this particular purpose” (44). This perspective on sexual intimacy is rooted in Gouge’s appreciation of marital love. “Where love abounds,” he notes, “all other duties will readily and cheerfully be performed. Where love is lacking, there every duty will either be altogether neglected, or so carelessly performed, that it might as well not be performed at all” (49). Finally, Gouge provides wisdom and counsel for those seeking to apply biblical principles to everyday life. He devotes several chapters to the duties of both husbands and wives, examining the relationship and respective responsibilities from nearly every possible angle. Some may get lost in the minutiae of matters more significant to his original audience (such as the management of property) and others may consider him overly scrupulous for detailing a wife’s respect for her husband to the point of addressing her facial expressions; however, Gouge should be commended for his fair and focused treatment of the issues at hand. Furthermore, he can be appreciated for setting wifely submission in a biblical context. He reminds his readers that wives are called to submit to Christ first and cautions husbands against governing their homes as tyrants (157, 182). Authority, he muses, is like a sword, “which with too much use will be blunted, and so fail to do that service which otherwise it might when there is most need” (213). Finally, echoing Ephesians 5, he grounds the husband’s leadership in the sacrificial and selfless love of Christ toward the church. Thus, he concludes, “If a husband carries himself to his wife as God requires, she will find her yoke to be easy, and her submission a great benefit even to herself” (170). A Holy Vision for a Happy Marriage is a welcome addition to the many recent publications on the subject. Readers will do well to pick up this book with an open mind and allow it to help them develop a more biblical understanding of marriage.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121160513","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book review: The making of biblical womanhood: How the subjugation of women became Gospel truth by Beth Allison Barr","authors":"Debra R. Anderson","doi":"10.1177/07398913221122947g","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221122947g","url":null,"abstract":"and students can collaborate. There is much more room for reimagining the student experience at Christian colleges: How does the Christian worldview impact policies about late work? How would our sports programs look different than secular universities? How should fundraising differ, and should Christian colleges be under construction indefinitely, as secular schools are? The editors envisioned the book would be studied by groups of faculty and staff. Each chapter ends with a benediction and study questions. Reimagining the student experience is a valuable resource for professors and staff to discuss how faith impacts their various roles at a Christian school.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125954189","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book review: Reimagining the student experience by Brian Jensen and Sarah Visser","authors":"Kenneth Nehrbass","doi":"10.1177/07398913221122947f","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221122947f","url":null,"abstract":"through online resources. Others, like myself, will benefit from learning more how this can be done--the kinds of tools available for church leaders and teachers to create digital resources. Chapters nine through twelve offer practical counsel on how to integrate these seven elements into a ministry model to support lifelong faith formation and equip church members to develop and offer their own ministry “recipe.” This very practical section shows Roberto’s penchant for carefully thought out steps. There are a few things I love about this book, including Roberto’s passion and commitment to help the church develop strong faith formation ministries, addressing the family, intergenerational efforts, age/life-stage efforts, and individual approaches. I also love his challenge that we embrace a mix of in-person, online, and hybrid ministry models. I do believe that life on the other side of COVID-19 will indeed show the wisdom of this. I am challenged to expand my thinking about ways that digital resources might be utilized in ministry in many different ways. Some areas I need to think more about include how well Roberto’s description of a mature disciple fits my understanding of Scripture’s priorities for Christ’s followers. There is much here I can agree with, but perhaps some gaps that reflect my own understanding of the marks of a mature disciple. I also wonder about how far to go in developing resources for individualized pathways of growth, given the communal life, body imagery, and family language of the New Testament. I suspect our western tendencies toward self-fulfillment are in tension with a commitment to being part of a congregation and at times subordinating our own fulfillment to the needs of others. I think this is an excellent book for church ministry leaders to reflect upon, and see what they can learn to strengthen their churches” ministry efforts. I also think this would be an excellent text, both for undergraduate and graduate ministry courses, to help students think through the process of identifying ministry goals, understanding ministry contexts that support faith formation, and try out developing ministry strategies and resources that integrate online resources into their ministry design. It’s not a recipe book, but a ministry strategy book designed to help students and ministry leaders consider the essential elements of ministry to promote spiritual growth and maturity, something sorely needed in our churches today.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120905318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Book review: Restless devices: Recovering personhood, presence, and place in the digital age by Felicia Wu Song","authors":"Mark D. Eckel","doi":"10.1177/07398913221122947d","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221122947d","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134330831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Diversity in Higher Education Institutions That Train Ministry Leaders: A Call for True Reflection and Examination","authors":"Kevin Gushiken","doi":"10.1177/07398913221120674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221120674","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores diversity in higher education institutions, particularly seminaries. In recent years, colleges and universities have grappled with ethnic make-up among faculty and staff. In many cases, a color-blind approach is adopted that focuses on demographic composition. This article argues for institutions to adopt a color-conscious approach that seeks to embrace a diverse ethos that informs decision-making, curricula choices, and faculty voices. This paper specifically focuses on Christian institutions. A biblical, theological, and sociological exploration of ethnicity is presented. Implications for institutions of higher education are provided. These implications have specific importance for seminaries who train ministry leaders to lead in an increasingly global world.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116545929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Danger of Power and Men in Contemporary Society: An Evangelical Analysis of Sexual Exploitation in Genesis to Safeguard Christian Educational Ministry","authors":"Danielle Reinhardt","doi":"10.1177/07398913221120436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/07398913221120436","url":null,"abstract":"This article identifies a contemporary concern for Christian educational ministry—namely the potential danger of men in ministry leadership—through an examination of the sexual exploitation narratives in Genesis. This article makes the concern evident by examining the narratives with a hermeneutic constructed from an appropriation of feminist theology with a doctrinally confessional foundation. Applying the hermeneutic to the text reveals a foundational and timeless ethical principle in the inerrant text. The implications of the ethical principle underscore the need to implement safeguards for men in educational ministry leadership to mitigate the potential for abuse and sexual exploitation.","PeriodicalId":135435,"journal":{"name":"Christian Education Journal: Research on Educational Ministry","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128886131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}