Public Theology in Brazil:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Public Theology in Brazil: "
João Décio Passos

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1069551
Doc. No	:	LA113180
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156973212X617163‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	João Décio Passos
Title & Author	:	Public Theology in Brazil: [Article] : The Political and Institutional Aspects\ João Décio Passos
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	International Journal of Public Theology
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	6/1
Page No	:	23–36
Abstract	:	This article analyses the situation of higher education courses in theology in Brazil, from a political and institutional point of view. It notes the need to adopt the epistemological status of theology itself as a parameter of institutionalization, in order to overcome the exclusively political criteria that have governed the process of accreditation of those courses, as well as the construction of curriculum guidelines. It affirms the ‘public’ aspect as inherent to theological reflection. Theology being a logos of faith structured originally within the university may, in the same space, be recognized as legitimate and established knowledge, according to the academic rules of the scientific community. This article analyses the situation of higher education courses in theology in Brazil, from a political and institutional point of view. It notes the need to adopt the epistemological status of theology itself as a parameter of institutionalization, in order to overcome the exclusively political criteria that have governed the process of accreditation of those courses, as well as the construction of curriculum guidelines. It affirms the ‘public’ aspect as inherent to theological reflection. Theology being a logos of faith structured originally within the university may, in the same space, be recognized as legitimate and established knowledge, according to the academic rules of the scientific community.
Descriptor	:	institutionalization
Descriptor	:	knowledge
Descriptor	:	legitimacy
Descriptor	:	theology
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156973212X617163‬