Catholic schools as spaces for transformative encounter

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops created a curriculum for Catholic secondary schools that describes what adolescents should learn including the importance of developing a religious and moral identity, encounters through service, and a deeper understanding of interreligious dialogue. This stud...

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Main Author: Lamont, Tracey (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2018]
In: Religious education
Year: 2018, Volume: 113, Issue: 3, Pages: 302-313
IxTheo Classification:CF Christianity and Science
KBQ North America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RF Christian education; catechetics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops created a curriculum for Catholic secondary schools that describes what adolescents should learn including the importance of developing a religious and moral identity, encounters through service, and a deeper understanding of interreligious dialogue. This study adds the how to the bishops' what by exploring Blasi's theory of the moral self as it relates to Kegan's constructive-developmental theory to enable religious educators to create a transformative curriculum of encounter in Catholic secondary schools that helps adolescents develop habits of dialogue and a mature pluralism towards a sense of shared moral responsibility.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2018.1455566