Theological Formation in India Today: Goals, Beneficiaries and Practical Aspects

Saju Chackalackal

doi:10.48604/ct.129

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Saju Chackalackal Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Bangalore

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48604/ct.129

Keywords:

educación católica, educación teológica, India, UNESCO, pilares de la educación, formación humana, formación intelectual, formación pastoral, formación espiritual, nueva evangelización

Resumen

I propose to dwell on an understanding of basic paradigms of education or intellectual formation in the Indian milieu and initiate a discussion on the need of revamping theological formation in view of addressing the concerns, challenges, and prospects of the Indian Church, especially by focusing on the beneficiaries, goals, and some of the practical aspects of theological formation so that a more effective but practically viable system could be conceived in order to better serve the Church at large and the Indian Church in particular.

Biografía del autor/a

Saju Chackalackal, Dharmaram Vidya Kshetram Bangalore

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