The basics of pastoral ecclesiology WT-DMI-MPE
Prerequisites: The subject concerns the most important issues of pastoral research, which aim at developing principles and criteria of the pastoral activity of the Church in history. The basics of pastoral ecclesiology require three directions of theological reflection: the study of the Word of God, the study of the human person and the study of the Church.
Course contents:
1. Three directions of theological reflection
2. Study of the Word of God
3. Study of the human person
4. Study of the Church
5. Theoretical ecclesiology
6. Pastoral bias of systematic theology
7. Ecclesiastical theory
8. Theoretical model
9. Practical model
10. Practical ecclesiology
11. Practical model
12. Relationship between ecclesial theory and practice
13. Pastoral paradigm
14. Pastoral praxeology
15. Pastoral extra-scientific knowledge
Methods and assessment: The basic form of the course is lecture based on a prepared script. Moreover, during the lectures students are invited to discuss topics taken from recommended reading as well as current world and Church affairs. The final grade consists of the following elements: assessment of preparation to the lectures, assessment of active participation in the lectures, presence at the lectures, additional initiatives.
Bibliography
Recommended reading:
Jan Paweł II, Adhortacja apostolska „Pastores dabo vobis”
Jan Paweł II, Encyklika „Fides et ratio”
A.Podgórecki, Charakterystyka nauk praktycznych, Warszawa 1962.
J. Szczepański, Elementarne pojęcia socjologii, Warszawa 1967.
A. L. Szafrański, Kairologia. Zarys nauki o Kościele w świecie współczesnym, Lublin 1990.
L. Balter, Od wiary do teologii, w: Podstawy wiary. Teologia, Poznań 1991.
A. Zuberbier, Materiały do teologii praktycznej, Warszawa 1974.
R. Rak, Duszpasterstwo w Kościele po II Soborze Watykańskim, AK 107(1986)464.
F. Ardusso, Magisterium Kościoła, Kraków 2001.
R. Kamiński, Parafia wspólnotą wspólnot, w: Kościół w służbie człowieka, red. W. Turek. J. Mariański, Olsztyn 1990.
W. Piwowarski, Kapłani i biskupi – kierownictwo i kościelna komunikacja, w: Kościół i religijność Polaków 1945-1999, red. W. Zdaniewicz, T. Zembrzuski, Warszawa 2000.
P. Sztompka, Metoda funkcjonalna w socjologii i antropologii społecznej (Studium analityczne), Warszawa 1971.
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