Evangelism in the Classroom: A Response to Elmer Thiessen

Autor/in	Cooling, Trevor
Titel	Evangelism in the Classroom: A Response to Elmer Thiessen
Quelle	In: Journal of Education & Christian Belief, 17 (2013) 2, S.259-269 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1366-5456
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; Christianity; Religion; Persuasive Discourse; Criticism; Religious Education; Teaching Methods; Alienation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Christentum; Persuasion; Persuasive Kommunikation; Kritik; Kirchliche Erziehung; Religionserziehung; Religionspädagogik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Entfremdung
Abstract	This article is a response to Elmer Thiessen's article on evangelism in this journal. Although I agree with his general position that evangelism is an educationally justifiable activity, Thiessen criticizes comments I have made in my writings and charges me with being ambiguous. I respond to these remarks by defending the distinction that I make between evangelism and proselytization and then by questioning Thiessen's definition of evangelism as "intentional and verbal persuasion". Finally I suggest a different understanding of evangelism in classrooms, based on a model of influence that is not solely concerned with intentional persuasion (Contains 10 notes.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10