Introduction: Remember Who You Are 13 1. A CONGREGATIONAL PORTRAIT Training in Good Habits Bodily and Social Memory Changes in Mennonite Lived Religion: Congregational Portrait Congregational Profile Summarized Conclusion 2. ANABAPTIST PERSPECTIVES ON "KNOWING" · 37 Anabaptist Theology Descriptive Overview of Anabaptists Anabaptist Distinctives Relevant to Education Discipleship: Patterning Our Lives on Jesus Christ Hermeneutical Community: Discerning Truth Communally Ecclesiology: Tradition for Transformation Educational Implications 3. CLASSICAL PAIDEIA AND ANABAPTIST DISTINCTIVES · 60 Classical Greek Notions of Paideia Early Christian Notions of Paideia Paideia and Theological Education Critical Retrieval of Paideia An Alternative Paideia Paideia and the Ideal of the Good Paideia and Intellectual and Moral Virtues Paideia and Critical Inquiry 4. OTHER VOICES: Overview of Ways of Knowing Voices Invited to the Table Introducing Michael Polanyi Key Polanyi insights relevant to a
tradition-based, Personal knowledge Bodily roots of tacit knowing Indwelling Society of Explorers Tradition and religion Concluding thoughts on Polanyi Introducing Rebecca Chopp Key Chopp insights relevant to a
tradition-based, Person-centered education Ekklesia Practices as sites of learning Theology as "saving work" Concluding thoughts on Chopp Introducing Nancey Murphy Key Murphy insights relevant to a
tradition-based, Relationship between science and theology Role of tradition and formative texts The priority of the ethical and theological to intellectual life Practices characteristic of the Radical Reformation heritage Concluding thoughts on Murphy 5. AN EMERGING CONSENSUS ABOUT "KNOWING" · 119 Exploring New Paradigms Knowing and Tradition Knowing and Ethics Knowing As Narrative In Action Knowing and Intuitive Imagination Communal Knowing As Disciplined Discovery 6. WEAVING A THEORY OF EDUCATION Constructing a Theoretical Framework Defining the Purpose A Formative Paradigm How Do We Know?—Philosophical Assumptions The Traditional Roots of Knowledge The Spiritual Roots of Knowledge The Communal Roots of Knowledge The Bodily and Tacit Roots of Knowledge The Intuitive And Imaginal Roots of Knowledge The Rational Roots of Knowledge The Ethical Roots of Knowledge The Practical Roots of Knowledge Educational Settings The Church The Family The School Strategies And Methodologies Reimaging Communal Ideals Indwelling Narratives And Practices Communal Moral Discernment As a "Society of Explorers" Revitalizing Core Practices Reflecting on Practice Conclusion Glossary 165 Notes 171 Bibliography 197 Index 201 Anabaptist Ways of Knowing orders:
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