Christian History

Issue 13

Jan Amos Comenius: Father of Modern Education

Originally published in 1987

Christian History magazine was published by Christianity Today from 1982 to 2008.

Articles in this Issue

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.

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.

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.

Learning from Nature

The Educational Legacy of Jan Amos Comenius

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.

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