Purpose in teaching religion.

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Author / Creator:Fiske, George Walter, 1872-1945.
Imprint:New York, Abingdon Press [©1927]
Description:244 pages 20 cm
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3243204
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Table of Contents:
  • I. Why religious education? Purpose in historic aims and principles
  • The primacy of purpose
  • Can religion be taught?
  • Past and present aims of religious education
  • Evangelism and the spiritual purpose
  • Is Bible teaching an end or a means?
  • Is pupil development our ultimate purpose?
  • The true social goal: Christianizing the community
  • Humanizing life by Jesus' golden rule
  • Spiritualizing our patriotism
  • Why religious education today?
  • II. Whither bound? Purpose analysis of current methods
  • Whither bound in religious education?
  • Why the new church architecture?
  • Why a graded curriculum?
  • Why graded worship by departments?
  • Why appeal to imagination?
  • Why dramatics in the church school?
  • Why project teaching or religion?
  • Why world-friendship and service programs?
  • Why week-day church schools?
  • Why teach as the Master taught?