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Educating for Shalom: A Book Reflection

If you're trying to get into philosophy of education, specifically Christian philosophy of education, there are a couple of "big" authors to read. Charlotte Mason is one of them. Another is Nicholas Wolterstorff. The latter is less familiar to me, and probably many of you. One recent Christmas present of mine was his book of essays, Educating for Shalom . Because this book was so compatible (in my mind) with my noetic structure on Christian educational philosophy, I'd love to take you through this book in hopes of inspiring you to read it yourself! As a reminder, here's the general outline of this post: I will . . . Contextualize the author's writings as a whole (bibliography) Bring the author's major ideas to the present day Comment on major sections of the book, or important chapters, depending on organization Bibliography Wolterstorff , a long-retired Reformed philosopher, has focused his writings on articles and books. What books has he written? Relig