CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

REQUIRED TEXTS A History of Christian Education by Reed and Prevost The Big Little School by Robert Lynn Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless SOURCEBOOK of the Christian Faith by Robert Lay RECOMMENDED TEXT Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgesshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2287/thumbnail.jp

CD 511 The Pastor and Christian Discipleship

REQUIRED TEXTS Basics of Christian Education by Karen B. Tye The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of The Sunday School by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra *On Reserve - Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People by Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision by Thomas Groomehttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/1939/thumbnail.jp

CD 560 The Ministry of Teaching

Barbara Bruce, Our Spiritual Brain. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002. ISBN: 0-687-09266-3 Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1995. ISBN: 0-7814-5117-5 Dorothy Mackeracher, Making Sense of Adult Learning, 2nd Edition, Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-8020-3778-X Mary Elizabeth Moore, Teaching as a Sacramental Act. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-8298-1647-X Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 0-7879-1058-9 Robert Pazmino, Basics of Teaching for Christians. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. ISBN: 0-8010-2173-1 Susan Shaw, Storytelling in Religious Education. Birmingham: Religious Education Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-89135-111-6https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3623/thumbnail.jp

CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgess Sourcebook of the Christian Faith: Primary source readings from the history of Christian education(latest edition), edited by Robert F. Lay, Taylor Universtiy, 2003. Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of the Sunday School, by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wrighthttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2953/thumbnail.jp

CD 560 The ministry of Teaching

REQUIRED TEXTS Barbara Bruce, Our Spiritual Brain. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2002. ISBN: 0-687- 09266-3 Joseph Lowman, Mastering The Techniques of Teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, Inc. 1995. ISBN 0-7879-0127-X. Marlene D. LeFever, Learning Styles: Reaching Everyone God Gave You to Teach. Colorado Springs: Cook Communications Ministries, 1995. ISBN: 0-7814-5117-5 Mary Elizabeth Moore, Teaching as a Sacramental Act. Cleveland: The Pilgrim Press, 2004. ISBN: 0-8298-1647-X Parker Palmer, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher’s Life. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1998. ISBN: 0-7879-1058-9 Robert Pazmino, Basics of Teaching for Christians. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1998. ISBN: 0-8010-2173-1 Susan Shaw, Storytelling in Religious Education. Birmingham: Religious Education Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-89135-111-6https://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3759/thumbnail.jp

CD 511 The Pastor and Christian Discipleship

Basics of Christian Education by Karen B. Tye The Younger Evangelicals by Robert Webber John Wesley’s Class Meeting: A model for making disciples by Michael Henderson Making All Things New: An Invitation to the Spiritual Life by Henri Nouwen The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of The Sunday School by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Growing in the Life of Faith: Education and Christian Practices by Craig Dykstra *On Reserve - Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People by Norman Shawchuck and Roger Heuser Christian Religious Education: Sharing Our Story and Vision by Thomas Groomehttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2710/thumbnail.jp

CD 552 Christian Education Seminar

Spiritual Formation as if the Church Mattered by James Wilhoit Tools Matter for Practicing the Spiritual Life by M. Funkhttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3622/thumbnail.jp

CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

1. Models of Religious Education: Theory and Practice in Historical and Contemporary Perspective by Harold Burgesshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/2233/thumbnail.jp

CD 651 Professional Foundations of Christian Education

Required Reading A History of Christian Education by James E. Reed and Ronnie Prevost. Sourcebook of the Christian Faith: Primary source readings from the history of Christian education(latest edition), edited by Robert F. Lay, Taylor Universtiy, 2004. (This text can only be purchased at the ATS Cokesbury bookstore.) Augustine and the Catechumenate by William Harmless The Big Little School: Two Hundred Years of the Sunday School, by Robert W. Lynn and Elliott Wright Religious Education in the African American Tradition: A Comprehensive Introduction by Kenneth H. Hillhttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3766/thumbnail.jp

CD 663 Older Adult Ministry

REQUIRED TEXTS Aging: God’s challenge to church and synagogue by Richard H. Gentzler, Jr., and Donald F. Clingan 121 pages Senior Adult Ministry in the 21st century: Step-by-Step Strategies for Reaching People Over Fifty by David P. Gallagher 136 pages Aging: The fulfillment of Life by Henri J. M. Nouwen and Walter Gaffney 157 pages Growing Old in Christ edited by Stanley Hauerwas, Carole Bailey Stoneking, Keith G. Meador and David Cloutier. 301 pageshttps://place.asburyseminary.edu/syllabi/3769/thumbnail.jp