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Teachers of Religion and Social Competencies: Challenges of Eastern European Social Circumstances to Education of the Teachers of Religious Education

The ethnic, worldview, social, cultural and other differences in the contemporary world which is marked by a greater connectedness and interdependence, often produce tensions, conflicts, exclusions. Competitiveness in the labor market, increasing individualism and materialism as well as the restructuring of meaning of the familiy and other community groups influence the reflection on tasks and goals of both school and education. Learning to live together is seen as one of the pillars of lifelong learning as recommended to the UNESCO by International Commission on Education in the 21st century. How does religious education contribute to the acquisition of social competencies needed for a harmonious coexistence, for eliminating stigma and prejudice and for building social sensitivity? What competencies are required by teachers of religion? This lecture shows the specific requirements of the Croatian, but also of the wider Central and Eastern European socio- political and ecclesial context and examines the different anthropologies and common patterns of theological thought.

Human dignity ; social exclusion ; social cohesion ; religious education ; competencies of religious education teachers

Predavanje održano u okviru projekta HR-2/2015- 2/2S-2P-2T/2SW (Ispitivanje i unaprjeđivanje socijalnih kompetencija vjeroučitelja s osobitim naglaskom na ophođenje s različitošću) koji je financirala Ekumenska inicijativa žena.