Review article
PRAYER AND MORAL EDUCATION OF EARLY AND PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN IN CHRISTIAN FAMILY
Kata s. Amabilis Jurić
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ela Vukman
; Catholic Faculty of Theology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Family, Church and society are the three most important social instances. They are interconnected and directed at each other. The Church needs family, just as the family needs the Church, and both have their own special role and mission in contemporary society. Therefore, the first part of this paper is focused on the importance of the Christian family in the Church and contemporary society. It explains the beginnings, further course and specifics of religious education of children of early and preschool age, as well as the contribution of the parish community in promoting family values according to the teaching of the Church. Starting from the interpretation of the key concept of moral education, the second part theoretically explains its significance through moral behavior and reasoning and the moral development of a preschool child with accompanying moral difficulties. The third part discusses the connection between Christian prayer and moral education with the correlated influence on the overall religious education of a preschool child with a special imperative for the Christian family.
Keywords
Church; Family; Prayer; Parish Community; Moral Education; Moral Behavior and Reasoning; Religious Education; Moral Difficulties
Hrčak ID:
255069
URI
Publication date:
6.4.2021.
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