Teaching for Faith: A Guide for Teachers of Adult Classes / Edition 1

by Richard Robert Osmer

Overview

This useful, theologically informed guide prepares teachers in the church, whose purpose is to awaken, support, and challenge faith. Richard Osmer offers practical suggestions for preparing good lectures and leading lively discussions. He explores four important dimensions of faith—faith as belief, as commitment, as relationship, and as mystery—and describes different teaching approaches to address each of these dimensions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664252175
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	01/01/1992
Pages:	244
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Richard Robert Osmer is Thomas W. Synnott Professor of Christian Education and Director of the School of Christian Education at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. An ordained Presbyterian minister, he is the author of Confirmation: Presbyterian Practices in Ecumenical Perspective, Teaching for Faith, and A Teachable Spirit.

Table of Contents

	Preface	9
1.	Why Do Teachers Teach?	13
2.	Exploring the Faith Cube	21
3.	Teaching for Belief: Using the Lecture to Transmit Knowledge	39
4.	Teaching for Relationship: Leading a Discussion	68
5.	Teaching for Commitment: Reinterpreting Life Stories	106
6.	Teaching for Mystery: The Role of Paradox in Teaching	149
7.	Teaching Yourself or Others with This Book	192
Appendix	Two Patterns for Teaching Commitment	217
	Notes	223
	Suggested Reading	233