Related Reading
These readings are suggested if you wish to further explore the doctrinal foundations of New Church education. These quotations from the Heavenly Doctrines are some of the seminal passages used to define the purpose of New Church education. The listed books are key documents in the development of New Church educational thought over time. These are still in print and available from the General Church bookstore.
Selected Passages from the Heavenly Doctrines Relating to New Church Education (PDF)
Selected Books on New Church Education
- Conversations on Education, William Henry Benade, Press of Franklin Printing House, 1888
- Education for Use, Willard D. Pendleton, Academy of the New Church Press, 1985
- Faith and Learning at Bryn Athyn College of the New Church, Dan A. Synnestvedt, ed., Academy of the New Church Press, 2004
- The Growth of the Mind, George de Charms, The Academy Book Room, 1953
- The Human Mind, Hugo Lj. Odhner, Swedenborg Scientific Association, 1969
- New Reflections from Academia, Gregory Baker, ed., Academy of the New Church, 2002
- A Perspective on New Church Education, E. Bruce Glenn, Academy of the New Church, 1997
- The Academy, A Portrait, John Raymond and Robert Scott, eds., American Book-Stratford Press, 1967