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From the Publisher: Jean Amos Comenius
Jan Amos Comenius: Did You Know?
Seeking a Better Way
The pain and damage of Christian divisions and international warfare affected Comenius and his church both directly and disastrously: His prodigious energy and gifts were obsessively employed to change the way the world and church worked.
EVE CHYBOVA BOCK Eve C. Bock is Associate Professor of German at Doane College in Crete, NE.
Between Hus and Herrnhut
This article was a collaboration of Bernard Michel, and the editor, working from notes by Eve Bock and Josef Smolik, whose work appears elsewhere in this issue.
The Unity of the Brethren
Jan Amos Comenius: A Gallery of Figures in the Life and World of Comenius
Jan Amos Comenius was acquainted with scholars, kings, churchmen, businessmen, ordinary and extraordinary men who profoundly influenced his life as he also influenced theirs.
Meeting of the Minds
Jan Amos Comenius and Rene Descartes
PAUL HEIDEBRECHT AND THE EDITORS
Comenius: A Man of Hope in a Time of Turmoil
JOSEF SMOLIK Christian History Magazine is pleased to present the comments of a Czech scholar, fellow countryman, and student of Comenius. Dr. Josef Smolik, Th.D., is a distinguished professor at the Comenius Evangelical Faculty in Prague. He is an ordained minister in the Czech Brethren Evangelical Church.
The Thirty Years War
What Children Owe to Comenius
LOIS LEBAR Dr. Lebar is professor emerita of Christian education at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL, where she taught 1945-1975. Along with her twin sister, Mary, she was a pioneer of modern C.E. practices. Her book, Education That is Christian, is a popular college text
Jan Amos Comenius: Christian History Timeline
Learning from Nature
The Educational Legacy of Jan Amos Comenius
PAUL HEIDEBRECHT Paul Heidebrecht, Ph.D., is vice president of Christian Service Brigade in Wheaton, Illinois. He studied the history of education at the University of Illinois, Urbana.
Principles Comenius Observed in Nature Applicable to Education
The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart
A Synopsis of the Imaginative Work by Comenius
Knowledge: The Road to Peace
As Comenius saw it, education was the best way out of the Thirty Years War.
GERALD GUTEK Gerald L. Gutek, Ph.D., is professor of Foundations of Education and History, Loyola University of Chicago. Dr. Gutek writes on the history and philosophy of education.
From the Archives: The School of Infancy
From the Archives: The Great Didactic
From the Archives: A Handwritten Note
Jan Amos Comenius: Recommended Resources
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