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Vjeroučitelji pred novim društvenim i kulturnim izazovima
Religious Teachers Before the New Social and Cultural Challenges

Author(s): Adnan Silajdžić
Subject(s): Religion and science , Sociology of Culture, Sociology of Education, Sociology of Religion, Pedagogy
Published by: Fakultet islamskih nauka u Sarajevu
Keywords: post-secular world; religious educators; individuality; new concept of religion; esoteric spirituality;

Summary/Abstract: We live in a post-secular world in which spiritual, social, and cultural phenomena are acquiring new meanings. As such, they pose a serious and complex challenge for religious educators. In this paper, I will focus on the three - in my opinion - most important ones: a new mindset with pronounced individuality, a new concept of religion, and finally, modern esoteric spirituality. These challenges contribute to a crisis of spiritual and social authority, i.e., relativize the traditional concept of religious up-bringing and education, and call for new educational (theological) and pedagogical-didactic methods in teaching.

  • Issue Year: 2023
  • Issue No: 28
  • Page Range: 317-325
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Bosnian