Brokenness and Grace

Rehabilitating Theological Perspectives in Education

Abraham de Muynck, Roel Kuiper (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
978-90-04-71603-2 (ISBN)

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Sin and brokenness have been ousted from our contemporary educational paradigm. This volume, written by a variety of experts, challenges this paradigm and shows how brokenness is not only indispensably tied to education, but also a fruitful part of education.

In an era where contemporary education often neglects the complexities of brokenness, evil, and sin, this volume offers a pioneering examination of these concepts through a theological lens. Roel Kuiper and Bram de Muynck curate contributions from distinguished scholars across pedagogy, psychology, philosophy, and theology to reintegrate notions of grace, forgiveness, and hope into educational discourse. Addressing manifestations of evil and suffering within educational settings, this interdisciplinary work provides educators with theoretical and practical frameworks to enhance human flourishing. By bridging historical and contemporary perspectives, this book seeks to enrich educational theory and practice with profound, holistic approaches to human formation.

Roel Kuiper studied History and Philosophy at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He was a Christian Philosophy professor at Erasmus University (1998-2014) and has authored many works on Social and Educational Philosophy. He leads the Center of Expertise on Education and Identity. Bram de Muynck is professor of Education at the Theological University of Apeldoorn, at Driestar University, Gouda the Netherlands and at NLA University College, Oslo/Bergen, Norway. He published on a variety of pedagogical topics, with an emphasis on the relationship between theology and pedagogy and formative practices in education.

Preface

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Roel Kuiper & Bram de Muynck

Part 1: Theological Foundations

1 Not Available Separately: the Balancing Act of Taking Evil Seriously

Petruschka Schaafsma

2 Grace as an Educational Quality

Wolter Huttinga

Part 2: Anthropological Foundations

3 Neither Angels nor Demons: Implications of Comenius’ Anthropology to Character Education

Jan Hábl

4 The Educator as Gardener: about “Original,” “Fallen,” and “Cultivated” Nature

Hans van Crombrugge and Philippe Noens

Part 3: Theological Perspectives on Educational Practices

5 Longing for Salvation: on Living Christian Practices in a Broken World

Hans Schaeffer

6 Living Out the Possibility of Renewal: Forgiveness in Educational Practice

Bram de Muynck

7 Liberating Perspectives: Practices of Hope in Education

Roel Kuiper

Part 4: Educational Practices at School

8 Evil, Sin and Brokenness at the Christian School

Tirza van Laar-Jochemsen

9 What Do We Do? The Case of Human Flourishing

Petronelle Baarda

10 Co-Creation: Overcoming Brokenness in Curriculum and School Design

Mark Halvorson

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	03.12.2024
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Reformed Theology ; 50
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	361 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	90-04-71603-3 / 9004716033
ISBN-13	978-90-04-71603-2 / 9789004716032
Zustand	Neuware