Published: 2016-11-13

The chosen paradoxes of Christian Education as the basis of its identity

Alina Rynio
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2013.2.03

Abstract

In the text there were presented the chosen paradoxes of Christian Education assuming that paradoxes of Christianity form the basis of the pedagogical identity. The author explains the meaning of the terms ‘paradox’ as well as ‘Christian Education.’ The author also recalls the meaning of the essentials purposes and discusses the paradoxes which form the basis of Christian Education, such as: incarnations, Mystery of God, which created a human being in order to associated them with Mystery of God, the paradox of Christian Education as a religion of the cross and resurrection as well as paradox of Christian existence in the entire world. In the third part of the article, through the message of Benedict XVI and the preaching of the priest Luigi Giussani, the author characterises three main paradoxes of contemporary mentality. The claim of the contemporary mentality is to speak about God, omitting Christ. It is the paradox of reducing the sign to its appearance as well as the paradox of reducing heart to a sentiment. The conclusion includes an attempt to testify the main argument concerning the relation of analyzed paradoxes with the identity of Christian Education.

Keywords:

the paradoxes of Christianity, Christian Education, Christian Education identity, the specification of Christian Education

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Rynio, A. (2016). The chosen paradoxes of Christian Education as the basis of its identity. Pedagogical Forum, 3(2), 40–64. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2013.2.03

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