Beschreibung:
George Thomas Kurian (1931¿2015) was president of the Encyclopedia Society and the editor of sixty-five books, including numerous encyclopedias and dictionaries. He was also a fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science. He was the editor, among others, of The World Christian Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, and Encyclopedia of Christian Literature.Mark A. Lamport is professor of practical theology at graduate schools in Colorado, Arizona, Virginia, California, Indiana, Belgium, Wales, England, and Portugal. He has published for 30 years in the discipline of Christian education.
This reference work tells the unique history of Christian education and shows how Christian educators pioneered such institutions and reforms as universal literacy, home schooling, Sunday schools, women's education, graded schools, compulsory education of the deaf and blind, and kindergarten.
About the Editors, Prologue/Foreword Contributors, Editorial Advisory Board, and Editorial Consultants Prologue by J.I. Packer Foreword by Stanley Hauerwas Foreword by Richard Mouw Foreword by Ronald Sider Foreword by Will Willimon Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Volume 1: A-G Volume 2: H-R Volume 3: S-Z Appendix A: Appendix B: Appendix C: Appendix D: Index of Entries by Author Notes on Contributors Index