Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
At the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (Belgium), all students are required to follow a course titled “Perspectives on Religion and Meaning”, taught by professors from the Faculty of Theology. This is remarkable since this university, in spite of its history, has a public character to a large ext...
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2011-06-01
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At the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (Belgium), all students are required to follow a course titled “Perspectives on Religion and Meaning”, taught by professors from the Faculty of Theology. This is remarkable since this university, in spite of its history, has a public character to a large extent. In this contribution, the peculiarity of this course is elucidated. Three difficulties with this course, of principal, practical and theological nature, are pointed out. Further, three opportunities of a course like “Perspectives on Religion and Meaning” are considered. To conclude, we draw some lines between these difficulties and opportunities to defend the value of a course like this, even in “pure” public universities.
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| spelling | doaj-art-07b3c6ff1ddb45bd834afb02eea953792025-02-11T10:03:49ZengUniversity of the Free StateActa Theologica1015-87582309-90892011-06-011410.38140/at.v0i14.2407Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumAnnemie Patyn0Joris Geldhof1Annemie Dillen2University of the Free State, South Africa & Catholic University Leuven, BelgiumKatholieke Universiteit Leuven, BelgiumKatholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium At the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (Belgium), all students are required to follow a course titled “Perspectives on Religion and Meaning”, taught by professors from the Faculty of Theology. This is remarkable since this university, in spite of its history, has a public character to a large extent. In this contribution, the peculiarity of this course is elucidated. Three difficulties with this course, of principal, practical and theological nature, are pointed out. Further, three opportunities of a course like “Perspectives on Religion and Meaning” are considered. To conclude, we draw some lines between these difficulties and opportunities to defend the value of a course like this, even in “pure” public universities. https://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/at/article/view/2407 |
| spellingShingle | Annemie Patyn Joris Geldhof Annemie Dillen Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Acta Theologica |
| title | Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
| title_full | Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
| title_fullStr | Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
| title_short | Learning from religion at a detraditionalizing Catholic university. The case of the required course "Perspectives on religion and meaning" at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium |
| title_sort | learning from religion at a detraditionalizing catholic university the case of the required course perspectives on religion and meaning at the katholieke universiteit leuven belgium |
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