Not exact matches
The
Christian Right wants public money to be used for private religious
education (vouchers), buildings and services to be used for private religious
purposes (this article), and they want subsidies in the form
of tax breaks, special exemptions
of other sorts, and they even want to destroy Aid to Needy Families so they can drive people into seeking help at their private religious «missions» where you are not allowed to eat unless you are a
Christian, and so on.
What are the
Christian purposes in higher
education which can be the mid-20th century equivalent
of those which were effective earlier in contributing to humanization
of culture and cultural preparation for the gospel
of the Christ's new humanity?
In current discussions
of the nature and
purpose of theological
education Edward Farley has invoked the older
of these two models
of excellence in schooling when he describes his book Theologia as an essay «which purports to promote a
Christian paideia.»
The following are some
of the specific goals
of Christian education which serve to implement this basic
purpose and thereby to enhance personality health:
But there is a large gap between such
purposes of a secular school and the primary goal
of Christian education.
The
purpose of traditional spiritual formation — the language used to describe faith formation before the time
of Christian education — is to deepen awareness
of what it means to claim and live through faith that is «the gift
of God.»
We are concerned with the use and meaning
of language for the
purpose of Christian education.