Spiritual advancements in the educational perspective of pastoral community development with reference to Vincent de Paul and Thomas Aquinas

Spiritual pedagogy implies commitment to create spiritual interests and habits of spiritual exercises and thus enlarge the catholic culture of living the faith in Jesus Christ. Participating actively in the pedagogical process of spiritual activity will develop a practical understanding of theologic...

Author: Ambadan, Jaison Ambadan Chacko
Further contributors: Könemann, Judith (Thesis advisor)
Division/Institute:FB 02: Katholisch-Theologische Fakultät
Document types:Doctoral thesis
Media types:Text
Publication date:2022
Date of publication on miami:12.10.2022
Modification date:12.10.2022
Edition statement:[Electronic ed.]
Subjects:Spiritual advancements; community development; pastoral leaders; women empowerment; Vincent de Paul; Thomas Aquinas
DDC Subject:230: Christentum, Christliche Theologie
License:CC BY 4.0
Language:English
Thesis statement:Münster, Univ., Diss., 2022
Format:PDF document
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-12059599776
Other Identifiers:DOI: 10.17879/12059600681
Permalink:https://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hbz:6-12059599776
Digital documents:diss_ambadan.pdf

Spiritual pedagogy implies commitment to create spiritual interests and habits of spiritual exercises and thus enlarge the catholic culture of living the faith in Jesus Christ. Participating actively in the pedagogical process of spiritual activity will develop a practical understanding of theological precepts and, as a result, both pastoral leaders and the faithful will profit from the act of preaching, teaching, and on-going formation. There exists in the human person a capacity of restructuring the method of their thinking and developing a suitable attitude towards spiritual commitments. This spiritual commitment of people who are involved in the field of pastoral care in the name of Jesus Christ, creates an atmosphere in and around them for the process of learning and transformation. Christology remains at the center of catholic spiritual pedagogy and, I would even say that the climax of Christian spiritual pedagogy is Christology.