Friendship (Philia), as Methodology in Christian Education
Friendship (Philia), as Methodology in Christian Education

Summary/Abstract: This paper addresses, from an analytical perspective, the conceptof”friendship”, as methodology in Christian education, stemming from the elements of Scripturepresent in the Gospel. Christ uses personal example as a real, tangible, obvious and easy element,meant to challenge and support with arguments behavioural changes through modelling ( after themodel of the one standing in front), , and everyone is invited to appreciate, respect and love oneanother. Jesus Christ is the teacher par excellence, and his methodology implies the cultivation offriendships. From a pragmatic perspective, he sees everybody as friends, regardless of thepotentialities that each might have, of social status or used resources. Love as strong feeling ofaffection, attraction and union between people takes on more hypostases, of which the agape- is theexpression of complete love, devoid of selfishness, with the the capacity to continuously offer, withoutasking for anything else in exchange, it is the model of Christic love; being a love of action, whichimplies unconditional support, compassion for the other, and is consumed as an attitude, aspiritually motivated behaviour and unrestrained in feelings.

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