Based on diligent theological work and practical experience, Boeve
explores how Catholic schools can reconfigure their identity in an
increasingly secular and pluralised world.
At a time when Christian values education has lost its plausibility
and effectiveness, this work examines how a wider 'Catholic dialogue
school' project would welcome the plurality of beliefs among its staff
and students, actively facilitate dialogue between them, and introduce
the Christian voice into this dialogue in a contemporary and
challenging way.
This book offers chapters on the theological background of the project
and its social relevance. With empirical evidence and case studies
from across the world, Boeve dextrously analyses the practical
implication of these Catholic dialogue schools. The processes of
secularisation and pluralisation have changed school demographics and
this has affected the construction of both individual and collective
identities. In response to this changed context, this work shows how
the 'Catholic dialogue school' project actively engages with such
identity construction.
The book concludes by considering whether recent Church teaching
supports this project and how it can strengthen the position of
Catholic education in discussions about its legitimacy in contexts of
(soft) secularism and shrinking educational freedom.
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From Theory to Practice and Back
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780567723635
Publisert
2026
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury UK
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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