266 Chapter 8 For Christian education, this means that it ‘is not just about passing on certain knowledge but is characterised by service. In it, loving God above all else and one’s neighbour as oneself is central’. According to the minutes, the devotion ended with the conclusion that ‘this is also why we must together pay much attention to the broad citizenship formation of children and future teachers’ to ‘be prepared and equipped for Christian service in (non-Christian) society’. When analysing the voice of normative theology on basic attitude formation, it can be concluded that the conversational community wants to teach students to be teachers like Jesus. Their attitude should be open and bold to act as a healing shalom presence amidst human brokenness. All of the analysed devotions circle around this notion and can, therefore, be termed Christocentric. A Christocentric attitude is a shalom attitude that inclines itself to service, realising that the first thing required is to be served by Christ Himself. 8.2.2 The voice of formal theology Prior to the 11th meeting, the participants were sent a brief overview of the four basic attitudes that British theologian Wells (2015) distinguished when he wrote about the standing of Christians in a pluralistic society. This overview was the fruit of the theoretical part of this dissertation, although it was not included in the final text of Chapter 1. The agenda that the participants received, included the following text:
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