FROM RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE TO RELIGIOUS RESPONSE: A LEAVEN FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION
Abstract
What is it that we "do" when we "do" religious education? It would seem logical that the practice of religious education would be founded on how its practitioners perceive the exercise and their place in it. For example, is the role of religious education to communicate faith and tradition, or to inculcate values, or to foster religious questioning? Chiasson suggests that the practice of religious education needs to undergo a fundamental shift in focus regarding its self-understanding and its practice, primarily by placing more emphasis upon a "guiding of religious response" rather than on the undergoing of religious experience. RÉSUMÉ Qu'entend-on exactement par enseignement religieux? Il semblerait logique que la pratique de l'enseignement religieux soit fondée sur la perception qu'ont de cet exercice ceux qui le pratiquent et sur la place qu'ils y occupent. Par exemple, le rôle de l'enseignement religieux est-il de transmettre la foi et les traditions, ou d'inculquer des valeurs, ou encore d'encourager les remises en question religieuses? Chiasson donne à entendre que la pratique de l'enseignement religieux doit subir une réorientation fondamentale concernant son auto-compréhension et sa pratique, notamment en accordant une plus large place à "l'orientation des réponses religieuses" plutôt qu'au vécu d'une expérience religieuse.Downloads
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1986-04-01
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Chiasson, C. J. (1986). FROM RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE TO RELIGIOUS RESPONSE: A LEAVEN FOR RELIGIOUS EDUCATION. McGill Journal of Education / Revue Des Sciences De l’éducation De McGill, 21(002). Retrieved from https://mje.mcgill.ca/article/view/7702
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