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Originally written in 1976, this classic critique of Christian education is back in a revised edition. Christian education, according to Westerhoff, has modeled itself on the scholling-instructional paradigm of our secular schools. Instead of expecting faith formatioin to happen within a variety of contexts-the family, the church family, the school, and the church school-religious education has been relegated entirely to Sunday morning classes. There children learn the facts about religion, but will they learn or experience faith? How can we be communities that nourish and nurture the faith of children, instead of only teaching them facts? This revised edition includes a new foreword, chapter updated, and afterword that incorporate Westerhoff's thinking-and re-thinking-of the issues in Christian education since the book was originally published.
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