Using Imagination in Teaching Christian Doctrine in Religious Education

by Maria Socorro T. Bacani

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We have Maria Socorro Bacani’s “Using Imagination in Teaching Christian Doctrine in Religious Education” which proposes engaging the power of human imagination and harnessing its possibilities for religious education. Building upon the ideas of Newman, Schneiders, and Lynch, she views the use of imagination as a way to address three major problems in relation to what the National Catechetical Directory of the Philippines identifies to be a weakness among many religious educators: the presentation of doctrines only “as a factual information, or as abstract, impersonal propositions that have to be memorized as head knowledge, but with little or no practical relevance to daily life” (248). Going beyond mere intellectual comprehension and reflection, she recommends tapping on the learners’ imagination to make the truths of faith come alive and become more inspiring, empowering and transforming. Finally, she offers three fundamental principles by which imagination can be used in teaching the faith as a way of leading students to rediscover its life-changing beauty. – from the Editor’s Preface

Using Imagination in Teaching Christian Doctrine in Religious Education

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We have Maria Socorro Bacani’s “Using Imagination in Teaching Christian Doctrine in Religious Education” which proposes engaging the power of human imagination and harnessing its possibilities for religious education. Building upon the ideas of Newman, Schneiders, and Lynch, she views the use of imagination as a way to address three major problems in relation to what the National Catechetical Directory of the Philippines identifies to be a weakness among many religious educators: the presentation of doctrines only “as a factual information, or as abstract, impersonal propositions that have to be memorized as head knowledge, but with little or no practical relevance to daily life” (248). Going beyond mere intellectual comprehension and reflection, she recommends tapping on the learners’ imagination to make the truths of faith come alive and become more inspiring, empowering and transforming. Finally, she offers three fundamental principles by which imagination can be used in teaching the faith as a way of leading students to rediscover its life-changing beauty. – from the Editor’s Preface

AuthorMaria Socorro T. Bacani
Volume No.3
Serial No.1
Start Page71
End Page99
Publication SeriesLoyola Papers
FormatEbook
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