Η τέχνη του θεολογείν

 Religious Education of the Roma People in Greece. The Ecumenical Theological Framework of Communication, Intercultural Inclusion Interventions and a Case Study of Non-Formal Education from the Orthodox Church  Nikolaos Tsirevelos* The main concern of this article is to examine the conditions for Roma education through church and religious education. The program of the Holy Metropolis of Demetrias and Almyros “Agios Thaddeos” for the education of Roma is taken as a case study. This program belongs to the non-formal education sector. At the same time, the theological prerequisites of such programs by the Orthodox Church are examined in connection with the cultural identity of the Roma. The article concludes with an exploration of the conditions for the inclusion of Roma in formal education through religious education. The main purpose of Roma participation in religious education is religious literacy rather than catechism, as well as the preservation of their particular cultura...

  Στην εκπομπή "Περιμένοντας τα ευχάριστα" που παρουσιάζουν η κα Δήμητρα Κουφλή και η κα Μαρία Χριστίνα Καμπουράκη στον τηλεοπτικό σταθμό της TV Θάρρι της Δωδεκανήσου συζητάμε για το ευρωπαϊκό διεπιστημονικό και πολυπολιτισμικό πρόγραμμα Educ8 στο οποίο συμμετέχει η Ακαδημία Θεολογικών Σπουδών Βόλου καθώς και για την 4η Πανελλήνια Συνάντηση Θεολόγων με τίτλο "Οι άλλες γλώσσες του Θεού. Ο διάλογος της θεολογίας με την τέχνη" που διοργάνωσε ο Πανελλήνιος Θεολογικός Σύνδεσμος ΚΑΙΡΟΣ.

What’s the purpose of Religious Education (RE) in a country where  a majority of people  have “no religion”? The  new report  of the independent Commission on Religious Education in England and Wales provides a clear answer: the rise of “no religion” doesn’t mean that religion isn’t important. Rather, the report makes a strong case that it is more important than ever that young people in Britain understand and engage effectively with diverse religions and worldviews. The report proposes a radical overhaul of RE. This is most obvious in the new name it recommends for the subject: “Religion and Worldviews”. Non-religious worldviews like humanism, secularism, atheism and agnosticism would be studied alongside different traditions within Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism and Sikhism.