{"id":484,"date":"2007-07-31T13:32:44","date_gmt":"2007-07-31T17:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/484"},"modified":"2007-07-31T19:48:18","modified_gmt":"2007-07-31T23:48:18","slug":"book-perspectives-on-children%e2%80%99s-spiritual-formation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/484","title":{"rendered":"Book: Perspectives on Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Spiritual Formation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.talbot.edu\/faculty\/faculty_profiles\/profile.cfm?n=michael_anthony\">Michael J. Anthony<\/a>, Professor of Christian Education at Talbot School of Theology is the author of <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Perspectives-Childrens-Spiritual-Formation-Views\/dp\/0805441867\/ref=sr_1_1\/002-1348573-6678418?ie=UTF8&#038;s=books&#038;qid=1185902905&#038;sr=1-1\">Perspectives on Children&#8217;s Spiritual Formation<\/a><\/i> (Broadman &#038; Holman, 2006)  presents in counterpoint form four contemporary views of children&#8217;s spiritual formation and four related methods of Christian Education. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/07\/anthony.jpg' alt='anthony.jpg' \/><\/p>\n<p>Each chapter is written by a prominent person(s) representing his or her view. Contributors also respond to the other viewpoints. Views include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the contemplative-reflective model (cultivating a quiet, worshipful spirit) <\/li>\n<li>the instructional-analytic model (involving child evangelism and Bible memorization) <\/li>\n<li>the pragmatic participatory model (focusing on high-energy activities, often seen in mega-churches), and <\/li>\n<li>the media-driven active-engagement model (using a video-based curriculum with limited teacher training). <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Aside from the informative chapters that review each model, the author\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Introduction, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Putting Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Spirituality in Perspective,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d in which he offers a paradigm of children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s spiritual formation, is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153must read\u00e2\u20ac\u009d for anyone working with children in the congregational setting, pastors, teachers, staff, and parents. Recommended.<\/p>\n<p><img src='http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/06\/galindobanner3.jpg' alt='galindobanner3.jpg' \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael J. Anthony, Professor of Christian Education at Talbot School of Theology is the author of Perspectives on Children&#8217;s Spiritual Formation (Broadman &#038; Holman, 2006) presents in counterpoint form four contemporary views of children&#8217;s spiritual formation and four related methods &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/archives\/484\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16,4,36,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-reviews-recommendations","category-children","category-christian-education","category-curriculum","category-theology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/grace-ed.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}