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The Paideia of God: & Other Essays on Education
Contributor(s): Wilson, Douglas (Author), Press, Canon (Author)
ISBN: 1885767595     ISBN-13: 9781885767592
Publisher: Canon Press
OUR PRICE:   $9.50  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2001
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Annotation: You can teach your students the Trivium, but if that is all you teach them, then you're both in trouble. As these essays point out, education must remember the lessons of old without ignoring the demands of now. In the ancient world, "paideia" was an all-encompassing education and involved nothing less than the enculturation of the future citizen. Scripture requires Christian fathers to raise their children in "the nurture and admonition (paideia) of the Lord." However, the boundaries of paideia are much wider than the boundaries of what we understand as education. Wilson elaborates on this, as well as canvassing educational hot topics such as vouchers, uniforms, and college choices.
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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Education - Children & Youth
- Religion | Christian Living - General
Dewey: 268
Physical Information: 0.43" H x 5.54" W x 8.52" (0.50 lbs) 152 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Academic
- Religious Orientation - Christian
 
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And, you fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4) In this passage, Paul requires Christian fathers to provide their children with a "paideia of the Lord." To the ancient world, the boundaries of paideia were much wider than the boundaries of what we understand as education. Far more is involved in paideia than taking the kids to church, having an occasional time of devotions in the home, or even providing the kids with a Christian curriculum. In the ancient world, the paideia was all-encompassing and involved nothing les than the enculturation of the future citizen. He was enculturated when he was instructed in the classroom, but the process was also occurring when he walked along the streets of his city to and from school. The idea of paideia was central to the ancient classical mind, and Paul's instruction here consequently had profound ramifications.