Children's Spirituality Summit 2024

One of the distinguishing marks of the Protestant Reformation is a shift in the Church's understanding concerning the nature of faith. The Roman Catholic emphasis on faith as a theological virtue shifts to a more existential and relational focus, particularly through the works of Martin Luther. Thus, the Protestant notion of "sola fide" offered Christians of Luther's time a new possibility of being with God. In this session, I will explain how faith as relationship shapes an educator's understanding concerning children's way of being with God, and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this view in comparison to the Roman Catholic view of faith as a theological virtue.