Bogoslovska smotra, Vol. 83 No. 4, 2013.
Original scientific paper
The Fifty Years of the Catechetical Institute – More Than a Mark in the Past and in the Contemporary Times. What are Its Prospects for the Future?
Alojzije Hoblaj
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This article’s theme and title have been chosen to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Catechetical Institute (KI) at the Catholic Faculty of Theology (KBF) at the University of Zagreb. Beside Introduction, Conclusion, and five Appendixes, the article consists of two parts, whose purpose is to establish the identity of KI. In the first part, the author describes the phenomenon of KI’s existence for fifty years and reflects on its beginnings, development, and its maturing through seven developmental phases. The author sums up this part with a few concluding remarks. In the second part, the author evaluates the results of the research on the life and work of KI in the light of the epistemological status of religious pedagogy and catechetics and the criterion of its identification and participation in ecclesial-social conditions. At the end, the author recalls the public debate on the three disputed questions with a view towards prospects for future. The methodological approach to research in tackling with the set task is based on determining KI’s identity in analogical sense found in developmental psychology.
Keywords
Catechetical Institute; Catholic Faculty of Theology; University of Zagreb; University’s study; epistemological status; theology; catechetics; religious education; religious pedagogy; developmental phases; catechetics teacher; Church; ECTS; qualification frame
Hrčak ID:
115775
URI
Publication date:
7.2.2014.
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