Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part 1. The Grammar of Faith
1. From Formation to the Frontiers: The Dialectic of Christian Education
2. Forms of Faith and Forms of Communication
Part 2. Baselines
3. Communicating Faith in the Home: The Pedagogical Vocation of the Christian Household in Late Modern Society
4. Communicating Faith in the Parish: Maintaining a Presence, Care, and Mission
5. Sacramental Preparation: Uneasy Partnership
6. Burning Hearts: Scripture and Adult Faith Formation
Part 3. The School Context
7. Text and Context: Mediating the Mission in Catholic Schools
8. The Challenges of Postmodernity
9. Communicating Faith through Religious Education
10. Leadership and Transmission: Empowering Witnesses—An Ignatian Perspective
11. Questioning for Faith Commitment
Part 4. Higher Education
12. Plasticity, Piety, and Polemics: Communicating a Faith Tradition in Higher Education
13. Thick and Thin: Personal and Communal Dimensions of Communicating Faith
14. Windows into Faith: Theology and Religious Studies at the University
Part 5. International Perspectives
15. Charism and Context
16. Communicating Faith in Africa: Yesterday and Today
17. Communicating Faith in Ireland: From Commitment through Questioning to New Beginnings
18. Communicating the Catholic Faith in the United States
19. Communicating Faith in Contemporary Europe: Dealing with Language Problems In and Outside the Church
Part 6. Aspects of Communication
20. “The Attempt Was All”: The Endeavor of Aesthetics in the Communication of Faith
21. Communicating Faith and Online Learning
22. Education and Religious Faith as a Dance
23. Communicating Faith and Relating in Love
Works Cited
Contributors
Index