Jesus Christ, Learning Teacher

Where Theology and Pedagogy Meet

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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The Christian presence in education has never been more controversial. While some secularists oppose any form of religious involvement in schools or universities, some Christians also wonder why the churches are there. Conflicting narratives surround the purpose of Christian involvement in education. Yet at the heart of Christianity stands an educator, whose passion and resurrection can be understood afresh as learning.But what does it mean to say that Jesus was a teacher? If he was a good teacher, was he also a learner? Is today’s Christian church learning? Can educators help the church to recover a ‘learning Christ’ who places learning at the heart of the Godhead and the church? How could the Christian churches take the educational significance of Jesus more seriously?Christian teachers often find themselves divided between a professional discourse on learning and making progress, and a theological vocabulary which they do not fully own, connecting only sporadically with their professional identity. This book helps educators to treat their teacher identity as a theological resource, rather than an obstacle, and in so doing to discover new insights on Christ which can be of relevance to the wider church and its mission.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-10-30
Mått135 x 216 x 19 mm
Vikt304 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor160
FörlagSCM Press
ISBN9780334059684

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Acknowledgements ixForeword by David F. Ford xiIntroduction: Jesus Christ, learning teacher – is that even possible? xiiiPart 1 First born 11 A teacher looks at Jesus: Baggage and biography 32 A teacher looks at the church: Hermeneutics and education 143 The dance of theology and pedagogy 204 Getting to know him 35Part 2 Learning teacher 515 The other side of you: The risen Christ as trickster teacher 556 Go and learn the meaning of the words: The roots and formation of a teacher 667 You have heard it said: A teacher of hermeneutics 758 Destroy this temple: The significance of location in Jesus’ teaching 859 The lesson that fails: Was Matthew’s Jesus a good teacher? 9810 How shall we picture the kingdom? Reflections on a critical incident 11011 Now at last you are speaking clearly: John’s Jesus as a teacher of light 120Part 3 How our hearts burned within us 13312 Writing an educational Christ 13713 Teaching as sacrament of salvation 15514 Towards an educational economy of the Trinity and the church 168Postscript and proposals: Where pedagogy and theology meet 183Index of Bible references 193Index of names and subjects 198

Jesus the teacher is so often misunderstood, and we in the churches have to take our share of responsibility for that. Congratulations to Mark for a wonderful new look at Jesus through educational eyes. Jesus Christ, Learning Teacher asks questions about how Jesus the teacher is presented to us in the text of the Gospels, and in the imagination and teaching of the contemporary churches. Bad theology costs lives. But in this book we have good, life-giving theology, good surprises about Jesus, and practical ways forward for the churches.