Will Our Children Have Faith

Author : John H. Westerhoff
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0819228001
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Will Our Children Have Faith? written by John H. Westerhoff and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally written in 1976, revised in 200, and translated in six languages, this classic critique of Christian education is newly revised and expanded and includes Westerhoff's overview and perspective on the state Christian education over the past forty years-plus his role in that history. According to Westerhoff, instead of guiding faith formation within the family, the church, and the school, we relegate religious education to Sunday morning classes. There, children learn the facts about religion, but how will they learn or experience faith? How can we nourish and nurture the faith of children, instead of only teaching the facts?

Author : Stephen Smallman
Publisher : Basics of the Reformed Faith
ISBN 13 : 9781596380530
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Our Children Come to Faith written by Stephen Smallman and published by Basics of the Reformed Faith. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Smallman has written a booklet to Christian parents about how to raise their children in a spirit of faith rather than anxiety. It all begins when parents bring their children to Jesus for his blessing. He then explains the meaning of regeneration and conversion as it relates to children raised in Christian families.

Author : Christian Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019009334X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Handing Down the Faith written by Christian Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-02 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new examination of how and why American religious parents seek to pass on religion to their children The most important influence shaping the religious and spiritual lives of children, youth, and teenagers is their parents. A myriad of studies show that the parents of American youth play the leading role in shaping the character of their religious and spiritual lives, even well after they leave home and often for the rest of their lives. We know a lot about the importance of parents in faith transmission. However we know much less about the actual beliefs, feelings, and activities of the parents themselves, what Christian Smith and Amy Adamczyk call the "intergenerational transmission of religious faith and practice." To address that gap, this book reports the findings of a new national study of religious parents in the United States. The findings and conclusions in Handing Down the Faith are based on 215 in-depth, personal interviews with religious parents from many traditions and different parts of the country, and sophisticated analyses of two nationally representative surveys of American parents about their religious parenting. Handing Down the Faith explores the background beliefs informing how and why religious parents seek to pass on religion to their children; examines how parenting styles interact with parent religiousness to shape effective religious transmission; shows how parents have been influenced by their experiences as children influenced by their own parents; reveals how religious parents view their congregations and what they most seek out in a local church, synagogue, temple, or mosque; explores the experiences and outlooks of immigrant parents including Latino Catholics, East Asian Buddhists, South Asian Muslims, and Indian Hindus. Smith and Adamczyk step back to consider how American religion has transformed over the last 100 years and to explain why parents today shoulder such a huge responsibility in transmitting religious faith and practice to their children. The book is rich in empirical evidence and unique in many of the topics it explores and explains, providing a variety of sometimes counterintuitive findings that will interest scholars of religion, social scientists interested in the family, parenting, and socialization; clergy and religious educators and leaders; and religious parents themselves.

Author : Robert J. Keeley
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441233504
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Helping Our Children Grow in Faith written by Robert J. Keeley and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Children have serious faith questions that require serious answers, answers that adults often find themselves under-prepared to give. But the Christian community has a responsibility to help its children develop a three-dimensional faith--a faith that affects their heads, their hearts, and their spirits. Helping Our Children Grow in Faith is designed for children's ministry and worship leaders, Sunday school teachers, and pastors--as well as parents--who want to nurture the spiritual development of the children in their lives. It shows how to integrate children into congregational worship, how to teach them the Bible but leave room for the mystery of God, and how to distinguish the difference between faith development and moral development.

Author : John H. Westerhoff
Publisher : Morehouse Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780819218360
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Will Our Children Have Faith? written by John H. Westerhoff and published by Morehouse Publishing. This book was released on 2000 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic title challenges all Christian communities to rethink how they pass on the faith to their children. Revised edition includes new material that updates Westerhoff's thoughts on Christian education.

Author : Elizabeth Caldwell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780829817690
Total Pages : 139 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making a Home for Faith written by Elizabeth Caldwell and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The revised and updated edition of this classic Christian family resource that shows families how to articulate their faith features a new chapter six. It takes into account the growing number of blended families in the U.S., and discusses multi-faith and multi-cultural families and the challenges they face. Parents, guardians, and those who do ministry with children will benefit from this book.

Author : Steve Christie
Publisher : WestBow Press
ISBN 13 : 1490848479
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Not Really “Of” Us written by Steve Christie and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2014-09-02 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Not Really Of Us, author and former skeptic, Steve Christie, examines specific reasons why your child abandoned the Christian faith. He delves into what you can do to help your child who is beginning to doubt and what you can do now if they have already abandoned it. He also explores how to mend your spiritually broken relationshipwhether you are the parent or the child.

Author : Jim Jackson
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441230599
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Discipline That Connects With Your Child's Heart written by Jim Jackson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2016-09-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Powerful Approach to Bringing God's Grace to Kids Did you know that the way we deal (or don't deal) with our kids' misbehavior shapes their beliefs about themselves, the world, and God? Therefore it's vital to connect with their hearts--not just their minds--amid the daily behavior battles. With warmth and grace, Jim and Lynne Jackson, founders of Connected Families, offer four tried-and-true keys to handling any behavioral issues with love, truth, and authority. You will learn practical ways to communicate messages of grace and truth, how to discipline in a way that motivates your child, and how to keep your relationship strong, not antagonistic. Discipline is more than just a short-term attempt to modify your child's actions--it's a long-term investment to help them build faith, wisdom, and character for life. When you discover a better path to discipline, you'll find a more well-behaved--and well-believed--kid.

Author : Catherine Stonehouse
Publisher : Baker Academic
ISBN 13 : 0801058074
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Joining Children on the Spiritual Journey written by Catherine Stonehouse and published by Baker Academic. This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analyzes the spiritual formation of young children and calls for renewed attention to scripture and the involvement of families in the process.

Author : Christel Manning
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 1479883204
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Losing Our Religion written by Christel Manning and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2015-11-20 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The fastest growing religion in America is--none! Among adults under 30, those poised to be the parents of the next generation, fully one third are religiously unaffiliated. Yet these "Nones," especially parents, still face prejudice in a culture where religion is widely seen as good for your kids. What do Nones believe, and how do they negotiate tensions with those convinced that they ought to provide their children with a religious upbringing?"--Publisher description.