Teaching and practice: experiential education and the transformation of liberation theology
"Is any of this real?" This question by a student in my Liberation Theology course took me aback because I had made strenuous efforts to make the course as concrete as possible by using documentary films, novels, and ethnographic studies of Christian base communities in Latin America. But...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Creighton University
2000
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The journal of religion & society
Year: 2000, Volume: 2 |
| Further subjects: | B
Liberation Theology
B Education; Experimental methods B Theology; Study |
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| Summary: | "Is any of this real?" This question by a student in my Liberation Theology course took me aback because I had made strenuous efforts to make the course as concrete as possible by using documentary films, novels, and ethnographic studies of Christian base communities in Latin America. But the student had a point. The course lacked rootedness in the reality of the students' own experiences. This essay focuses upon three efforts that I have made over the past four years to transform the teaching of liberation theology. I will examine the development of a follow-up study trip to the Sonora, Mexico/Arizona borderlands to examine the social and economic conditions fostered by global economic forces. Second, I will look at the transformation of the Liberation Theology course itself into a "service learning" course. Finally, I will analyze the use of a HyperNews electronic discussion group through which the students themselves were able to take over the teaching and practice of the course. |
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| ISSN: | 1522-5658 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | HDL: 10504/64293 |