Catechesis

Jarred Mercer, formerly a chaplain, postdoctoral researcher, and member of the Faculty of Theology and Religion at the University of Oxford, is Rector of St Paul’s Episcopal Church in Newburyport, Massachusetts.

List of Contributors vii

Preface Steven Croft ix

Introduction Jarred Mercer xi

1. Beginning Catechesis: Where Do We Start? 1

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2. The Nature of Catechesis: An Invitation to Faithful Living 14

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3. Doing Doctrine: The Lived Experience of Christian Teaching 24

Peter Groves

4. Catechesis as Proclamation: Teaching the Faith through Preaching 36

Melanie Marshall

5. Sacramental Catechesis: Enacting Our Source and Aim 47

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6. Liturgy and Catechesis: Learning Christian Worship 59

Simon Cuff

7. Catechesis and the Cultivation of Virtue 73

Jonathan Jong

8. Instruction, Delight and Persuasion: Catechesis as Rhetoric 86

Mark Clavier

9. ‘Let the Little Children Come to Me’: Catechesis of Children 100

Clare Gardom

Conclusion Jarred Mercer 112

Index of Bible References 115

Index of Names and Subjects 116