Educating the Educators: A Fifty-Year Retrospective of Religious Education in the Catholic Context

The progressive spirit of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) spawned a myriad of graduate departments of religious education in American Catholic colleges and universities. These departments evolved to include other master degrees (e.g., pastoral studies, pastoral counseling, divinity, spiritual...

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Main Author: Gilmour, Peter (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2015]
In: Religious education
Year: 2015, Volume: 110, Issue: 5, Pages: 555-568
IxTheo Classification:FB Theological education
KBQ North America
KDB Roman Catholic Church
RF Christian education; catechetics
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:The progressive spirit of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) spawned a myriad of graduate departments of religious education in American Catholic colleges and universities. These departments evolved to include other master degrees (e.g., pastoral studies, pastoral counseling, divinity, spirituality, and social justice). As the numbers of students in religious education degree programs significantly diminished, the degree designation in religious education was often terminated. Today, an ever increasing number of religious education practitioners in the Catholic context do not have graduate degrees in religious education. This ongoing reality significantly alters the field of religious education and its practice in the Catholic context.
ISSN:1547-3201
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious education
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/00344087.2015.1089727