Catechetical Language and Religious Education
“An education that deserves to be characterized as religious would have to include two quite distinct things: (1) an understanding of religion, starting but not ending with one's own religion; and (2) access to the free and intelligent practice of a particular form of religious life. … Christia...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Sage Publ.
1992
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Theology today
Year: 1992, Volume: 49, Issue: 1, Pages: 21-30 |
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Summary: | “An education that deserves to be characterized as religious would have to include two quite distinct things: (1) an understanding of religion, starting but not ending with one's own religion; and (2) access to the free and intelligent practice of a particular form of religious life. … Christian doctrine is no less and no more than thinking about Christian life as it has been experienced in liturgical and moral life. … What we need is a religious education that is sufficiently long, deep, and wide so that people will have a chance to appreciate the complexity and profundity of Christian doctrine.” |
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ISSN: | 2044-2556 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology today
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/004057369204900103 |