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International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy

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Catholic religious education

educating for faith

Thomas Groome

pp. 15-26

Abstract

The central proposal of this essay is that all Catholic Religious Education (CRE) is to educate for faith. At a minimum this means educating for a Transcendent take on life, encouraging students to reach into an ultimate horizon in order to make sense, find purpose and experience grace. Such a Transcendent perspective is in contrast to a purely immanent view, as if there is no more to life than what we make of it and by our own efforts alone.

Publication details

Published in:

Gellel Adrian Mario (2019) Global perspectives on catholic religious education in schools II: learning and leading in a pluralist world. Dordrecht, Springer.

Pages: 15-26

DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-6127-2_2

Full citation:

Groome Thomas (2019) „Catholic religious education: educating for faith“, In: A. Gellel (ed.), Global perspectives on catholic religious education in schools II, Dordrecht, Springer, 15–26.