Religious education, including catechesis, evangelization, religious instruction, and faith formation, occurs within cultural settings (e.g., urban/suburban/rural; secular/religious; settled/immigrant; ethnically diverse/uniform; Millennial/GenX/Boomer/Greatest generation). This course provides the tools to analyze a cultural context, identify barriers to ongoing conversion, and teach effectively for religious and spiritual growth.
Outcomes: Know basic catechesis. Understand the educational significance of cultural context; Develop ethnographic and contextual analytical skills; Analyze and evaluate themselves, curricula and others for cultural appropriateness; Create culturally sensitive learning events.
Outcomes: Know basic catechesis. Understand the educational significance of cultural context; Develop ethnographic and contextual analytical skills; Analyze and evaluate themselves, curricula and others for cultural appropriateness; Create culturally sensitive learning events.