Partners in Wisdom and Grace; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: The Historical Roots and Concepts of Catechesis; Chapter Two: The Historical Roots and Concepts of Religious Education; Chapter Three: Unveiling the National Directory for Catechesis (2005); Chapter Four: Contemporary Theory in Religious Education; Chapter Five: Searching for and Initiating a Conversation; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Summary
Creative tension calls for a dialogical conversation in order to find mutual ground that can be beneficial for both partners. Partners in Wisdom and Grace explores the possibility of such tension created by the absence of religious education as a dialogical partner in the National Directory for Catechesis published by the U.S. Bishops in 2005. These queries are central: Will catechesis take religious education as a conversation partner? And, will religious education return the favor? This bookconcludes that catechesis and religious education remain distinct enterprises that have their own spec
