Christian Education in the Age of Edutech: Centered on Connecting and Sharing, Individualized Customized Learning, and Experience and Realization

2021 ◽  
Vol 101 ◽  
pp. 309-344
Author(s):  
Sung-Jin Yang
Keyword(s):  
Christian Education ◽  
Customized Learning

scholarly journals Development and Validation of a Faith Scale for Young Children

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 197
Author(s):  
Sungwon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Early Childhood ◽  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Young Children ◽  
Christian Education ◽  
Faith Development ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

The purpose of this study is to develop and validate a faith scale for young children. Data were collected from 424 young children, who had not yet entered elementary school, with their parents rating their faith level. Sixty-five preliminary questions were formulated under three domains―knowing, loving, and living—that were based on existing studies related to faith. The questions were reduced to 40 through a content validity test conducted by a seven-member panel. These questions were subsequently refined through pilot study, main survey, and statistical analysis. After exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the scale was finalized, comprising 25 questions that can be categorized into three factors: confessional faith life, missional life, and distinctive life. This scale is expected to measure early childhood faith and prove the effectiveness of Christian education programs on a young child’s faith development.

Alfonso de Castro on Vernacular Bible Translation and Christian Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-84
Author(s):  
Dries De Crom
Keyword(s):  
Christian Education ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Traditional Education ◽  
Council Of Trent ◽  
Spanish Colonial ◽  
Bible Translation ◽  
The Right

AbstractAlfonso de Castro (1495–1558) is known as a staunch opponent of vernacular Bible translation, who intervened on the matter at the Council of Trent. This article offers a fresh appreciation of Castro’s polemics against vernacular bibles, in light of a less well-known treatise in which Castro defends the right of the indigenous Spanish colonial population to be educated in the liberal arts and theology. It is argued that at the root of Castro’s misgivings about Bible translation is a concern for preserving traditional education as a necessary prerequisite for biblical interpretation.

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