Abstract
Abstract Throughout its history the church held different attitudes regarding the responsibility of parents and caregivers for shaping faith in children. Most contemporary church school curricula and the prevalent practice of Christian religious parishes suggests that they operate under the assumption that religious education is primarily the domain of formal congregational programs and not the responsibility assigned first to parents. This article reviews how the church from ancient time up to the twentieth century has understood the role of the family in passing the faith. It will advocate that religious educators should reclaim the historic importance assigned to parents as primary teachers of faith.
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