Fashion Me a People by Maria Harris outlines a comprehensive vision of Christian education, asserting that the church's curriculum is the entire course of its life, which must be understood far more broadly than just traditional schooling or published materials. The text emphasizes that the pastoral vocation—shared by all baptized Christians—is composed of priestly, prophetic, and political dimensions and is lived out through five essential forms of ministry, known by their Greek names: koinonia (community), leiturgia (prayer and worship), didache (teaching), kerygma (proclamation), and diakonia (service). The author details how these forms are not separate activities but are interconnected, vital educational curricula that fashion the church as a people, addressing crucial tensions like that between individualism and personalism or clergy and laity. Ultimately, the source advocates for an artistic and ongoing process of "fashioning" the church's life, where all its activities—from personal prayer to social action—are intentionally cultivated to fulfill its mission of revealing God in the world.
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