• Volume 12-1 - Spring 2008

• Volume 12-2 - Autumn 2008

• Volume 11-1 - Spring 2007

• Volume 11-2 - Autumn 2007

• Volume 10-1 - Spring 2006

• Volume 10-2 - Autumn 2006

• Volume 9-1 - Spring 2005

• Volume 9-2 - Autumn 2005

• Volume 8-1 - Spring 2004

• Volume 8-2 - Autumn 2004

• Volume 7-1 - Spring 2003

• Volume 7-2 - Autumn 2003

• Volume 6-1 - Spring 2002

• Volume 6-2 - Autumn 2002

• Volume 5-1 - Spring 2001

• Volume 5-2 - Autumn 2001

• Volume 4-1 - Spring 2000

• Volume 4-2 - Autumn 2000

• Volume 3-1 - Spring 1999

• Volume 3-2 - Autumn 1999

• Volume 2-1 - Spring 1998

• Volume 2-2 - Autumn 1998

• Volume 1-1 - Spring 1997

• Volume 1-2 - Autumn 1997

Subscriptions:

Current JECB Subscription Rates
Period	Institutions			Individuals
	UK	USA and Canada	Elsewhere Overseas	UK	USA and Canada	Elsewhere Overseas
One Year	£24.00 GBP	$65.00 USD	£25.00 GBP	£24.00 GBP	$45.00 USD	£25.00 GBP
Two/Three Years, Per Year	£22.00 GBP	$60.00 US	£22.00 GBP	£22.00 GBP	$40.00 US	£22.00 GBP
Secure online payment of subscriptions by credit card is available at www.jecb.org 2/3rds world, individuals and institutions: 50% discount on the ‘Elsewhere Overseas’ sterling (£ GBP) rates listed above.

 To subscribe and/or order back numbers please contact:

JECB
The Stapleford Centre
The Old Lace Mill
Frederick Road
Stapleford
Nottingham
NG9 8FN
United Kingdom

T: +44 (0) 115 939 6270
F: +44 (0) 115 939 2076
E: subs@jecb.org
W: www.jecb.org

Editors, Management Group, Editorial Advisers

Editors:
Dr. John Shortt
Dr. David I. Smith

Management Group:
Rupert Kaye (Association of Christian Teachers)
Dr. Andrew Marfleet
David Morton (The Stapleford Centre)
Andrew Palfreyman (Association of Christian Teachers) 
Dr. John Shortt
Dr. David I. Smith (Kuyers Institute for Christian Teaching and Learning)
Phil Whitehead (The Stapleford Centre)

Editorial Advisers:
Professor Harro Van Brummelen - Trinity Western University, Canada
Dr. Allan Harkness - Asia Graduate School of Theology, Singapore
Dr. Susan Hasseler - Calvin College, USA
Professor Brian V. Hill - Murdoch University, Australia
Rev. Dr. William K. Kay - University of Wales, Wales
Dr. D. Barry Lumsden - University of Alabama, USA
Samson Makhado - Association of Christian Schools International, South Africa
Dr. Mark Pike - University of Leeds, England
Dr. Signe Sandsmark - Norwegian Lutheran Mission, Norway
Dr. Pablo J. Santana Bonilla - University of La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
Dr. Elmer J. Thiessen - Medicine Hat College, Canada
Professor Michael S. Totterdell - Manchester Metropolitan University, England
Professor Keith Watson - University of Reading, England

NOTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS

To read the JECB Information and Instructions for Contributors click here.

To read the JECB Bibliographical Citation Guide (the ‘house style guide’) click here.

To read the JECB Peer Review Policy click here.

(To download files, right-click link and select Save As.)

Signe Sandsmark
A Lutheran Perspective on Education
(pp.97-105)

THIS PAPER GIVES an account of some aspects of Christian education that are emphasized in Lutheran thinking on education. One of these aspects is a focus on education for everybody, not only Christians, another is the place of paradox and polar structure both in the theology and in the educational thinking. Maybe the most important paradox in this context is what Luther called the model of the two governments. The paper also mentions human finitude as a strongly emphasized aspect, and finally there are some thoughts about how a Lutheran perspective influences the curriculum.

Keywords: Lutheran, paradox, polar structure, two governments, curriculum.

top

Steve Vryhof
Traction on Reality: The Thinking behind Reformed Christian Schools
(pp.107-119)

REFORMED CHRISTIANS affirm this life, this world, this culture and seek to integrate faith and life in a seamless whole and to be culturally-engaged in a way that makes the world a better place for everyone. They therefore seek forms of schooling that enable students to radically and profoundly improve society. They ground their perspective in the idea of God’s covenant with his people which requires the Christian community to bring children up in a vision of God’s purpose of human and creational flourishing. Reformed education has three goals: conservation of the Christian worldview, inquiry into all aspects of life and the world and reform of culture through lives of discipleship.

Keywords: Reformed, Calvinist, culture, covenant, kingdom of God, transformation.

top

Terence H. McLaughlin
A Catholic Perspective on Education
(pp.121-134)

HIS ARTICLE SEEKS to identify some distinctive features of both the complex, multi-faceted and rich Catholic tradition of faith and life and Catholic perspectives on education. Among the many features of Catholic tradition identified, the notions of balance and balanced judgement are given particular attention. Distinctive features of Catholic perspectives on education cannot be read directly and straightforwardly off from the features of Catholic faith and life without reference to its actualization in particular societal contexts. In spite of this, it is possible to make tentative points of a more abstract and general nature For example, Catholic perspectives (i) embody a view about the meaning of human persons and human life, (ii) aspire to holistic influence and (iii) aim at specific religious and moral formation. Broad general points like these require balanced judgements on the part of professional teachers in order to avoid a danger which can be described as temptations of commonality and which arises in relation to the task of interpreting what Catholic education should be taken to mean and imply in a particular context.

Keywords: Catholic education, balance, practical judgement.

top

Ken Badley
Fundamentalist and Evangelical Perspectives in Education
(pp.135-148)

THIS PAPER LOOKS historically at the beliefs of fundamentalists and evangelicals, noting some similarities and differences. It then examines how they have expressed those beliefs in four specific areas of education: posture toward state education, creation and support of independent schools, production of theory, and production of instructional materials. The study is set in the North American theological and educational contexts.

Keywords: fundamentalist, evangelical, state education, independent schools, home education.

top