Environmental engagement in catechesis : critical analysis of the apprehension of the relation between catechesis and the care for the environment by the “New Directory for catechesis”

Turza, Zoran (author), Jurić, Kata Amabilis (author)

“New Directory for Catechesis” released in 2020 deals directly with problems arising from the environmental crisis. In this article, it will be explored how this document deals with problems that come from man’s relationship to the environment. The first part shows how the previous two Directories – “General Catechetical Directory” from 1971 and “General Directory for Catechesis” from 1997 – dealt with those issues, then the second part shows how the new one approaches them throughout the whole document and, especially, in numbers 381‒384. In the last part, several critical remarks will be made on the document. The main hypothesis is as follows: the new Directory strongly emphasizes that engagement related to environmental problems is at the heart of Christian identity. But, in some places of the text, this argument could be more emphasized and also adequately incorporated into other topics it deals with.

• Language: English
• Keywords: ecological engagement, creation, catechesis, new Directory for catechesis, encyclical letter Laudato Si’
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: TEOF - Theological Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Publication date: 01.01.2023
• Year: 2023
• Number of pages: Str. 213-225
• Numbering: Letn. 83, [št.] 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164170
• UDC: 27-472:502.12
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2023/01/Tuzra
• COBISS.SI-ID: 159705091
• Publication date in RUL: 17.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik : glasilo Teološke fakultete v Ljubljani
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Teološka fakulteta
• ISSN: 0006-5722
• COBISS.SI-ID: 8745472

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Okoljsko udejstvovanje v katehezi : kritična analiza razumevanja odnosa med katehezo in skrbjo za okolje v “Novem Pravilniku za katehezo”

Abstract

Novi Pravilnik za katehezo izleta 2020 se neposredno sooča s problemom, ki izhaja iz okoljske krize. V prispevku raziskujemo, kako ta dokument obravnava probleme, ki izvirajo iz človekovega odnosa do okolja. Prvi del predstavlja, kako sta omenjena vprašanja obravnavala prejšnja pravilnika – Splošni katehetski pravilnik izleta 1971 in Splošni pravilnik za katehezo izleta 1997. Drugi del prikazuje, kako te teme skozi ves dokument,zlasti od št. 381 do 384, obravnava novi pravilnik. Zadnji del prispevka prinaša več kritičnih pripomb na dokument. Glavna hipoteza je, da novi pravilnik močno poudarja, da je prizadevnost v zvezi z okoljskimi problemisrčika krščanske identitete. Ta argument bi lahko na nekaterih mestih še bolj izpostavili in ga ustrezno vključili tudi v druge teme, ki jih pravilnik obravnava.

• Keywords: ekološka angažiranost, ustvarjanje, kateheza, novi Pravilnik za katehezo, enciklika Laudato Si’