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Spirituality and the relationship between children and adults in Christian education

Spirituality and the relationship between children and adults in Christian education. ECCE conference Paris 23.2.2010. Martin Ubani PhD, MTh University Lecturer in Religious Education Department of Applied Sciences of Education University of Helsinki. martin.ubani@helsinki.fi.

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Spirituality and the relationship between children and adults in Christian education

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  1. Spirituality and the relationship between children and adults in Christian education ECCE conference Paris 23.2.2010 Martin Ubani PhD, MTh University Lecturer in Religious Education Department of Applied Sciences of Education University of Helsinki

  2. martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  3. Key concepts Adult, children, spirituality, Christianity, Christian education martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  4. Vision - Kingdom Decline in Christian institutional religiousness Decline in shared inter-generational contact Decline in shared religious cultural heritage Increase in acknowledged interpretations of reality (Pluralism) martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  5. Christianity and education Evangelization & catechesis Kerygma & didache Preaching & teaching martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  6. What is Christian education? What makes education Christian is the aims? What makes education Christian is the content? What makes education Christian is the physical setting? martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  7. What is Christian education? The purpose for Christian education is to (help one to) become “more Christian” (Astley 1994) martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  8. martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  9. Kingdom of relationships – some research Primary human relationships and the image of God Family and faith formation & religious literacy Individuation phase and the return Interaction: Parents influence children’s religiousness and children the family martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  10. martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  11. The adult, child and Kingdom education Role of the adult? (e.g. Astley 1994) -A Parent, Coach, Scientist, Critic, Storyteller, Artist, Visionary, Revolutionary, Therapist, Minister… martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  12. Kingdom in Christian education -Relationship: not the adult and the child but God and human -Christian spirituality: experiencing of God and the transformation of lives as outcomes (McGrath 1999) -Kingdom based on Logos martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  13. The adult, child and Kingdom education Role of the adult? (e.g. Astley 1994) -A Parent, Coach, Scientist, Critic, Storyteller, Artist, Visionary, Revolutionary, Therapist, Minister… … a Child? martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  14. Adults becoming more Christian, more children in Kingdom education - The adult is a child in the Kingdom… …who matures …needs to be transparent …whose Father is God …with questions …of Covenant martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  15. Concluding remarks Christian spirituality involves the experiencing of God and the transformation of lives as outcomes of this experience (McGrath 1999) martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  16. Concluding remarks Christian educationinvolves the experiencing of God and the transformation of lives as outcomes of this experience (Ubani 2010 based on McGrath 1999) martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  17. martin.ubani@helsinki.fi

  18. Martin Ubani FT, TM Uskonnon didaktiikan yliopistonlehtori (mvs.) Soveltavan kasvatustieteen laitos Helsingin yliopisto

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