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Old School, New Clothes

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Is much of Christian education in America distinctly Christian? Ron Hoch and David Smith say, "No." Instead it is guilty of having adopted an ideology and methodology that strips it of the right to call itself Christian and the ability to fulfill a truly Christian mission. The authors claim that the fundamentally humanistic ideology of the West conditions and controls much of what is labeled "Christian" education. By talking about the need to integrate faith and learning, focusing on teaching methodology, and operating schools in virtually the same way as government-run schools, many Christian academics betray captivity to the dogma that humans are the measure of all things and need to do what God has already done. As a result, much of what controls the conversation and practices in Christian academia echoes the humanistic arrogance of the West, and offers no substantive alternative to it. In Old School, New Clothes, Hoch and Smith issue a call for Christian academics to own up to their own confession--that all reality was created and integrated by God, damaged by sin, and has already been reintegrated in and by Jesus. Thus the emphasis in Christian education ought not to be what Christian educators are doing to redeem the culture, but on what God is bringing to the Church in order to redeem sinners. Only by recognizing that all human knowledge claims in every sphere are inherently theological and that God is truly seen in and experienced through knowledge of all things, will a distinctly Christian education be forged. Christian education must primarily emphasize the reintegration or redemption of teachers brought through right knowledge of Jesus that comes through every subject discipline and expressed in a life balanced on Sabbath, work, and family.

Author Biography:

Ronald E. Hoch holds a BS in Biblical Studies from Philadelphia Biblical University and is studying for his MA in Religion from Reformed Theological Seminary. He teaches Bible at the Delaware County Christian School in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. David P. Smith holds a BA in Psychology from Carson-Newman College, an MDiv from Covenant Seminary and a PhD in historical theology from Trinity International University. He is the author of B. B. Warfield's Scientifically Constructive Theological Scholarship (Wipf & Stock, 2011). He currently pastors Covenant Fellowship ARP church in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Release date NZ
September 9th, 2011
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
166
Dimensions
152x229x11
ISBN-13
9781498259392
Product ID
25642652

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