Evangelization in a World of Secularism

ltheo2892  2019-2020  Louvain-la-Neuve

Evangelization in a World of Secularism
Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
4 credits
30.0 h
Q1

  This biannual learning unit is not being organized in 2019-2020 !

Language
French
Main themes
These objectives will be achieved after
- an introduction to current processes (secularism, individualism) with pastoral consequences and theological questions ;
- an introduction to characteristics of evangelization in the present Occident;
- an analysis of a specific pastoral question with current challenges to Churches.
Aims

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :

1 - analyse theologicaly the secularism and individualism in religious field in the Occident ;
 
2 - understand the main theological challenges in current changes in social and religious life ;
 
3 - improve the mission of Churches as evangelization today in the post-modern life.
 

The contribution of this Teaching Unit to the development and command of the skills and learning outcomes of the programme(s) can be accessed at the end of this sheet, in the section entitled “Programmes/courses offering this Teaching Unit”.
Content
The concrete topic of this course changes every year. Please refer to the French version for uptodate information.
Other information
Notes will be supplied to the students as the support for their participation in the courses and for their personal research.
To support their work of appropriation and of research, the professor will supply an adequate bibliography, mainly but not exclusively in French language.
Bibliography
Le Rituel de l’Initiation Chrétienne des Adultes (RICA) qui est l’adaptation française de l’Editio typica de l’Ordo initiationis christianae adultorum, publié le 6 janvier 1972.
Faculty or entity
TEBI


Programmes / formations proposant cette unité d'enseignement (UE)

Title of the programme
Sigle
Credits
Prerequisites
Aims
Master [120] in Theology