Historical Traditions of Reformed Education Prevailing in the Pedagogy of Sándor Karácsony Cover Image

A református nevelés és oktatás történelmi hagyományainak érvényesülése Karácsony Sándor pedagógiájában
Historical Traditions of Reformed Education Prevailing in the Pedagogy of Sándor Karácsony

Author(s): Judit Bognárné Kocsis
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Theology and Religion, History of Education
Published by: Erdélyi Református Egyházkerület
Keywords: Karácsony Sándor;pedagogy;Reformed pedagogy

Summary/Abstract: The views of Sándor Karácsony about religious education can be clearly discerned from his writings. The main task of reformed pedagogy is to activate continuously the divine notions in this continuously changing world. Protestant teachers must accomplish their daily work according to the Gospel of Christ. The Hungarian Reformed Church was a so-called “church of schools” for hundreds of years. This means that even between WWI and WWII it owned more schools than churches. The number of Reformed schools is significant even today. Sándor Karácsony claims that only Reformed people and communities are able to maintain Reformed schools by people who “are ready to serve and sacrifice themselves” for this cause (Karácsony, Sándor: A magyarok Istene. Széphalom Könyvműhely, Budapest 2004, 172).

  • Issue Year: 108/2015
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 562-573
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Hungarian