Religion lessons making their exit from Polish schools is an opportunity for “deschooling” catechesis

Zjawin, Jacek (author)

The article presents the current situation of school religion lessons based on the results of a survey carried out at local and national level. The question of students not attending school religion lessons is outlined, and a thesis that this situation is becoming an opportunity to restore their catechetical character is put forward. For this purpose, the philosophy of Fr. Franciszek Blachnicki is recalled, who in the 1960s, facing a similar situation, pointed to opportunities being offered by transferring religion lessons from school to parish. At the same time, the current situation is shown as an opportunity to remove religion lessons from church so that they could become a real alternative to school ethics lessons.

• Language: English
• Keywords: catechesis, school religion lessons, deschooling catechesis, dechurching religion lessons
• 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. 739-747
• Numbering: Letn. 83, [št.] 3
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-164215
• UDC: 27-472
• ISSN on article: 0006-5722
• DOI: 10.34291/BV2023/03/Zjawin
• COBISS.SI-ID: 179362307
• Publication date in RUL: 17.10.2024

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Bogoslovni vestnik
• Shortened title: Bogosl. vestn.
• Publisher: Bogoslovna akademija, Bogoslovna akademija, Teološka fakulteta v Ljubljani, Teološka fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani, Založba Univerze v Ljubljani
• 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: Umik pouka verouka iz poljskih šol je priložnost za ‚razšolano‘ katehezo

Abstract

Prispevek predstavlja trenutno stanje pouka verouka v šolah na podlagi rezultatov ankete, izvedene na lokalni in nacionalni ravni. Izpostavljeno je vprašanje, zakaj učenci šolskih ur verouka ne obiskujejo; podana je teza, da to stanje predstavlja priložnost za obnovitev katehetičnosti. V ta namen se oziramo na filozofijo p. Franciszka Blachnickega, ki je v šestdesetih letih prejšnjega stoletja – soočen s podobnim položajem – opozoril na priložnosti, ki jih ponuja prenos pouka verouka iz šole v župnijo. Hkrati se sedanje razmere kažejo kot priložnost za umik pouka verouka iz cerkve, da bi tako postal prava alternativa šolskemu pouku etike.

• Keywords: kateheza, šolski pouk verouka, razšolajoča kateheza, odprava pouka verouka iz cerkve