Pregledni rad
Religious Education in School Between Parent’s Expectations, Social Goals, Young People’s Needs and Church Serving to Man
Josip Šimunović
orcid.org/0000-0003-0253-1393
; Katolički bogoslovni fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Sažetak
The first part of the article proceeds from parents and their
expectations what the teaching of religious education should
offer to children and the young. Parents are taken as a starting
point because the general principle is that parents or tutors are
responsible for the education of children and the young. That
general principle can be found in the international, Church and
Croatian documents. This part of the article briefly refers to the
regulations of the Constitution of the Republic of Croatia, the Canon
Law Code and the Contract between the Holy See and Republic
of Croatia, which speak about the parents’ educational rights
and duties, with special emphasis on religious upbringing and
education. Also, three worthy researches carried out on the level
of the entire Republic of Croatia are mentioned: Faith and Morality
in Croatia, European Values Study and Aufbruch, which help to
highlight which categories of believers, and by that of the parents
of pupils who attend the lessons of Catholic religious education in
schools, exist in the Church of the Republic of Croatia.
The second part deals with the correlation between religious
education in school and goals/demands of contemporary society.
Contemporary world, which Croatian society and the Church
itself is a part of, is characterized by relativism, liberalism,
secularism, scientism, individualism, materialism and hedonism.
All that influences on the Church’s activities and its planning and
programming.
The third part refers to the addressees of religious education
in school. The complexity of the addressees of religious education in school has its foundations in the way of life of modern family and
its religious (non)-identity and in post-modern society as a living
environment in which children and the young live. The situation
with children and young people is such that some are more, some
less and some not at all connected with faith and Church. In
accordance with that, the status of the Catholic religious education
in the pupils’ lives is often the result of their perception of society,
culture, economy, arts and education in which faith is not considered
to be an important factor, but only private and personal matter.
The fourth part considers religious education in school as
Church serving to man. Diaconal and evangelization orientation of
Catholic religious education in school is emphasized.
Ključne riječi
religious education in school; parents’ expectations; contemporary society demands; the youth’s needs; religious education in school – the Church’s serving to man
Hrčak ID:
62494
URI
Datum izdavanja:
21.12.2010.
Posjeta: 2.940 *