Theological anthropology determines the human being as image of God. He/she is a social being directed towards a counterpart. This is plausible from a psychological perspective as well: the experiences of meaning, happiness, longing and love define the life of the individual in an essential way; these sentiments can be experienced primarily in relation with others or with nature and culture. Based on such existential considerations, religious pedagogy can devote itself to (more) concrete questions and human experiences. It is thereby leaving the traditional scheme of given teaching content and addressee behind, which cannot convince any longer and which is neither overcome by elementarization nor by performative religious didactics. Religion is symbolic interpretation of life; therefore religious pedagogy is plausible inasmuch as it takes questions of (the meaning of) life as its start and brings them to a religious interpretation.

Enthalten in:
Evangelische Theologie; 2015/6 Zweimonatsschrift (2015)

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Serie / Reihe: Evangelische Theologie

Personen: Kunstmann, Joachim

Schlagwörter: Religionspädagogik Anthropologie Systematische Theologie Praktische Theologie Gottebenbildlichkeit