Christian Families, Educative Lenses, and Incarnational Roots¹

¹ Dedicated to my nephews, Anton John and Jack Santiago, who teach me the daily sanctity, love, and hope that is family.

Abstract

The Christian family is a deeply rooted theological way of being in the world with others. It is a functional domain from where initial and life-long lessons emerge. In rich ways, it helps foster human identity, development, ethical formation, autonomy, and communal responsibility amid a greater understanding of Christ's actualizing presence in the daily rhythms of life. The author presents the notion of family as incarnationally rooted in Christ's humanity and as an educative lens into better living the Gospel with others. The focus is on today's Christian families with young children and the implications for the religious education of these families within the rich tradition of the Church as a human organization.

Notes

¹ Dedicated to my nephews, Anton John and Jack Santiago, who teach me the daily sanctity, love, and hope that is family.