Models of Religious Education

Harold W Burgess

"By extension, theory provides a plausible explanation of the principles underlying a practice."

1. The Relationship between Theory and Practice: An Introduction
2. The Historic Prototype of Religious Education: A Backdrop to Twentieth-Century Models
3. The Classical Liberal Model (John Dewey, George Coe, William Clayton Bower.)
4. The Mid-Century Mainline Model (Reinhold Niebuhr, H. Shelton Smith, and Randolph C. Miller)
5. The Evangelical/Kerygmatic Model (Charles Burton Eavey, Lois E. LeBar, Robert W. Pazmino)
6. The Social-Science Model (James Michael Lee, Ted Ward)
7. Celebrating a Fruitful Field


Six Categories
1. Aim
2. Content
3. Teacher
4. Learner
5. Environment
6. Evaluation