Christian Philosophy of Education

Volume 10:  This book was first published in 1946, shortly after the US had won WWII and was the only nation on Earth with atomic weapons. In those days, most Christian parents in America still trusted the public schools; they did not even consider educating their children at home or in Christian schools. Those days are gone. A Christian Philosophy of Education demonstrates why public schools could not be trusted even in 1946, for there can be no neutrality in education. Christ said, "He that is not with me is against me." Professor Clark explained why it is necessary to have a worldview, and even more important to have the Christian worldview, and what Christians must do to re-establish a Christian educational system in the US, from Kindergarten to University.

 

The scope of this book is substantial, offering intellectual insight and practical observations on the following topics, which become chapter titles:  

• The need for a world-view
• The Christian world-view
• The alternative to Christian theism
• Neutrality
• Ethics
• The Christian philosophy of education
• Academic matters
• From kindergarten to university  

These chapters are followed by several useful and meaty appendices, which in some cases are like chapters themselves:  

• The relationship of public education and Christianity
• A Protestant world-view
• Art and the gospel
• How do we learn?
• Can moral education be grounded in naturalism?