Will Our Children Have Faith?: Third Revised Edition

by John H. Westerhoff III

Overview

This classic critique of Christian education is revised, expanded and includes Westerhoff's overview on the state Christian education over the past forty years.

According to Westerhoff, instead of guiding faith formation within the family, the church, and the school, we relegate religious education to Sunday morning classes. There, children learn the facts about religion, but how will they learn or experience faith? How can we nourish and nurture the faith of children, instead of only teaching the facts?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780819228000
Publisher:	Church Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

John H. Westerhoff taught at numerous Episcopal, Roman Catholic, and Protestant theological schools around the world, retiring in 1994 as the Professor of Theology and Christian Nurture at Duke Divinity School. He is the author of more than 25 books, including Will Our Children Have Faith?, Living Faithfully as a Prayer Book People, and A Pilgrim People. He died in 2022.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition ix

Chapter 1 The Shaking of the Foundations Update 1

Chapter 2 Beginning and Ending with Faith Update 25

Chapter 3 In Search of Community Update 51

Chapter 4 Life Together Update 81

Chapter 5 Hope for the Future Updat 107

Afterword 129

A Memoir 145

Study Guide Sharon Ely Pearson 175

Other Books John H. Westerhoff 189