Teaching and Learning in Communities of Faith: Empowering Adults through Religious Education (Jossey Bass Higher & Adult Education Series) - Hardcover

Vogel, Linda Jane

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555423906 ISBN 13: 9781555423902

Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S., 1991

Synopsis

Increasing numbers of adults, looking for some higher meaning in life, are turning to religion for answers. In this book, Linda J. Vogel explores the growing movement toward adult religious education and, drawing on her knowledge from the field of adult learning and development, offers strategies for teaching adults in both Christian and non-Christian settings. Emphasizing the importance of integrating religious education into real-life issues and problems, Vogel shows religious educators how to develop skills that help adults make connections between their own life experience and their faith community's story and worship. She explains the importance of examining assumptions and setting aside ready-made answers in order to really listen, challenge, and provide guidance for the individual or group. And she tells how to use scriptural metaphors to explain both the nature of the religious educational experience and the dual role of the teacher as guide and companion in that process.

About this title

About the Author

LINDA J. VOGEL is associate professor of Christian education at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. She has taught and served as director of continuing education at Westmar College and served as diaconal minister of education at St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Dubuque, Iowa. In 1982 Vogel received the John Leonard Davies Award for contributions to the field of adult education.

From the Back Cover

Teaching and Learning in Communities of Faith explores the growing movement toward adult religious education and draws on knowledge of the field of adult learning and development to offer strategies for teaching adults in both Christian and non-Christian settings. It emphasizes the importance of integrating religious education with real-life issues and problems.

From the Inside Flap

Why are we here? What is our higher purpose? How can we lead lives of integrity and wholeness? Increasing numbers of adults, looking for some higher meaning in life, are turning to religion for the answers. This book explores the growing movement toward adult religious education and draws on knowledge of the field of adult learning and development to offer strategies for teaching adults in both Christian and non-Christian settings. It emphasizes the importance of integrating religious education with real-life issues and problems.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
• Publication date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555423906
• ISBN 13: 9781555423902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238