Cover -- Table of Contents -- Introduction 1 -- Chapter One: Maritain's Philosophical Background 7 -- Philosophy of Education 7 -- Definition 7 -- Importance 12 -- Catholic Philosophy of Education 17 -- Maritain's Philosophical Background 21 -- Maritain and Thomism 22 -- Maritain and Neo-Thomism 26 -- American Educational Pragmatism 32 -- Conclusion 36 -- Chapter Two: The Life and Work of Maritain 39 -- His Life 39 -- Early Years 39 -- Marriage and Conversion 41 -- Thomistic Philosopher 44 -- The American Years 51 -- The Later Years 71 -- Maritain's Works Related to Education 73 -- Chapter Three: Maritain's Philosophy of Religious Education 77 -- Maritain's Christian Philosophy of Education 77 -- The Human Person 81 -- A Philosophical-Religious Idea of the Human Person 82 -- Person-Centered Philosophy 85 -- The Concept of Education 87 -- A Human Awakening and an Ethical Art 88 -- Democratic Education and Liberal Education 89 -- The Aims of Education 92 -- The Conquest of Freedom and Truth 92 -- The Virtue of Wisdom 94 -- Religious Education and Moral Life 95 -- The Fundamental Dispositions of the Student 98 -- The Five Dispositions 99 -- Imagination, Intuition, and Natural Reason 100 -- The Education of Women 103 -- The Role of the Teacher 105 -- Teachers Are Artists 107 -- Teaching's Domain of Truth 108 -- The Christian Teacher 110 -- Chapter Four: Philosophy of Education and Religious Education 113 -- The Importance of a Philosophy of Education in Religious Education 114 -- Religious Education and Culture 115 -- Theory and Praxis 117 -- Religious Education as an Integrative Education 119 -- Theocentric Humanism in Religious Education 121 -- Social Aspect and Context 124 -- Aims of Religious Education 127 -- Spiritual Liberation 128 -- Wisdom and Moral Education 131 -- Theology and Religious Education 133.

Theology as Part of the Curriculum 135 -- Theologies in Religious Education 138 -- Fostering the Spiritual Life 141 -- Religious Educators as Spiritual Teachers 144 -- The Teaching-Learning Process 146 -- The Process of Learning 147 -- The Process of Teaching 148 -- The Family and the Grasping of Faith 150 -- The Role of the School 151 -- Conclusion 153 -- Chapter Five: Theocentric Humanism and Education 155 -- The Religious Dimension of the Human Person 155 -- Philosophy of Education Is Necessary in Religious Education 155 -- A Foundation for Religious Education 157 -- The Theocentric Humanism 158 -- The Human Person as a Unity 159 -- The Interaction of Persons with the Person of God 161 -- The Liberating Process of Religious Education 162 -- A Liberating Process with Social Implications 162 -- The Role of Theology 164 -- The Fostering of the Spiritual Life 167 -- The Spirituality of the Religious Educator 169 -- The Role of Religious Education in Society 170 -- Bibliography 173 -- Index of Themes 193 -- Index of Subjects 203 -- Index of Authors 209.