Jack L. Seymour is Professor of Christian Education at Scarritt Graduate School in Nashville, Tennessee. He is co-author of Contemporary Approaches to Christian Education (Abingdon, 1982), and The Church in the Education of the Public (Abingdon, 1984).

...a fine piece of scholarship. To his credit, Seymour has uncovered and analyzed precisely and concisely the 'reality-basis,' the 'enduring issues,' and the 'major challenges' of Protestant church education, and, by this process, has provided a framework for understanding the past as well as for making suggestions for 'the future of Christian religious education.'> Educational Studies (Usa) ...readers will find Seymour's thesis useful in explaining the identity crisis of the contemporary Sunday school as it struggles to chart a new course in pluralistic America. Journal of American History ...readers will find Seymour's thesis useful in explaining the identity crisis of the contemporary Sunday school as it struggles to chart a new course in pluralistic America. Journal of American History ...a fine piece of scholarship. To his credit, Seymour has uncovered and analyzed precisely and concisely the 'reality-basis,' the 'enduring issues,' and the 'major challenges' of Protestant church education, and, by this process, has provided a framework for understanding the past as well as for making suggestions for 'the future of Christian religious education.' Educational Studies (Usa)