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A History of Christian Education

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Reed and Prevost offer a concise, easy-to-read summary of the Christian education. The chronology stems from ancient education to modern Christian education. The book addresses the cultural and philosophical issues that impacted Christian educators throughout history. Furthermore, Reed and Prevost also address non-Christian educators that impacted Christian education. I found that the book offered enough information to cover the subject adequately, but remained brief enough to be useful to the majority of people. This book is useful to those involved in Christian education as a tool and reflective piece.

Reed and Prevost have written an excellent story on how Christian Education has changed and improved over the years.

The writing style is engaging and easy to follow. The book is divided into 7 major parts:

1. Education in Ancient Societies.

2. Ancient Christian Education.

3. Christian Education in the Middle Ages.

4. Christian Education in the Renaissance and Reformation.

5. The Beginnings of Modern Christian Education.

6. Americans and Christian Education.

7. Christian Education in the Twentieth Century.

Since the 1993 edition is newer than Kenneth Gangel and Warren Benson's 1983 book on Christian Education: Its History and Philosophy, this title compares favorably to the latter.

Read and enjoy. Highly recommended!

I was required to read this book in a history of Christian Education class at my college, and honestly I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Being a history buff it was easier to read it compared to most people, but that doesn't mean it was boring. Mr Reed, and Dr. Prevost did an excellent job researching, sourcing, and detailing this book; not to mention making it an easy, and simply understood read. I learned so many things about history I didn't know, and about virtually all the key figures and time periods related to this subject. 5 stars!

This book is an excellent source as a survey of the various methods in Christian Education from ancient secular and Christian contexts through 20th-Century philosophies. The writers show great brevity and erudition throughout, something very difficult to achieve.

The book is certainly a ready-made handbook on historical Christian education, but it also brings in other secular philosophies which have made in-roads into various forms of Christian educational methods. The book is a quick read and easily digestible - highly recommended.