Formation et catéchèse des adultes

Teacher(s)

Derroitte Henri;

Language

French

Main themes

To achieve its objectives, the course will address the following themes:
- description, in their diversity, of the challenges and needs specific to accompanying adults in the Christian faith today;
- study of the numerous places where the maturation of their faith is realized, including the catechumenate;
- study of current forms of continuing education in the faith of adults;
- analysis of some reference texts relating to the Christian formation of adults.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this learning unit, the student is able to :
1	By the end of this course, the student should be able to undertake critical reflection on the foundations, forms, conditions of possibility, difficulties and finalities of accompanying adults with a view to looking further into the Catholic faith.  At the end of this course, the student will be able to develop a critical reflection on the foundations, the forms, the conditions of possibility, the difficulties and the ends of an accompaniment of adults intended to propose and / or to deepen the Catholic faith.

Content

Andragogy is the branch of pastoral / practical theology devoted to the formation of adults in the field of the Christian faith. Deeply marked by the affirmations of the Second Vatican Council on the common priesthood and the universal vocation to holiness, it has taken an important place in the life of the churches. The secularization and recomposition of the religious in Western societies oblige us today to rethink the issues and the modalities of the accompaniment and the Christian formation of the adults.

Faculty or entity

TEBI