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What Prevents Ch. Adults From Learning

by John Hull

  • Paperback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: SCM Press
  • 21.5 x 13.9 x 1.4 cm

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Many adults in the churches find learning difficult. They may not be able to understand, for example, how the church has developed through history and in a time of rapid social change will continue to develop in many ways. They may find intellectual formulations of belief difficult to comprehend, attitudes - like those who argue that the church must be involved in politics - difficult to accept, and patterns of behaviour difficult to adopt. Evidence of this is the way in which after more than two centuries, some of the most basic assumptions of modern theology are alien to the average congregation. Adults who find learning difficult may be parents, who ought to be able to teach children; they may be clergy and teachers, who ought to be helping to remedy the situation. They are often criticized; they also need to be understood. This book is for them. What John Hull has written is a study in practical theology but it adopts an inter-disciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, social psychology and psychology, as well as theology.It considers the nature of Christian education; the problems of education in what is inevitably an ideological community; the deep-seated human need to be right and the pain of learning; and the way in which faith must evolve along with the self. There is no other book quite like it, and it represents a most important breakthrough relevant not only in church and school, but also in a wider social context. John Hull is Senior Lecturer in Religious Education in the
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  • Author

    John Hull

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    SCM Press

  • Published

    April 2012

  • Weight

    300g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    21.5 x 13.9 x 1.4 cm

  • ISBN

    9780334017844

  • ISBN-10

    033401784X

  • Eden Code

    46820

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