Models of Religious Education

by Harold W. Burgess

"The church obviously faces it has never faced in exactly the same way...For example, the Sunday school that has served Protestantism so well for two hundred years is currently...waning...Consider that the church existed for eighteen centuries without the Sunday school and that it fulfilled the principles of the Great Commission quite well. It may be that twenty-first century innovators will be obliged to find an alternative..."--From the Foreword

Genres: Education

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Natasha · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book was both what I expected and not what I expected. This book details the development of youth education in the Christian faith from Catholicism to Unitarian. It was interesting to learn about the different models, and they carried to the modern-day. However, I wish the author connected these developments to what can be done in the present. It feels like I received a history lesson rather than something applicable to my church. This book took me longer than my typical week to finish because it did not hold my interest for long periods of time, and at times felt like a chore.

[Kayla Korb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, read it for a class, but enjoyed the different models and perspectives that ministry can have. I will say it was on the more academic side with the history of each model and the key people to bring the model to life. However, that’s something I enjoyed as it gave the full perspective on the model not just ‘this model’s the best’ but its ‘here is how this model came to be and who helped in the process’. I enjoyed it. Learned a lot and gleaned from each model for my own ministry.

[Bailey Sawka · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very educational, a bit dense and hard to get through at times, but overall, written very well.

[Lewis Sanyel]

Harold Williams Burgess