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Liberal Theology and Transformative Pedagogy
Author(s) -
Hodgson Peter C.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
teaching theology and religion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1467-9647
pISSN - 1368-4868
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9647.00045
Subject(s) - transformative learning , liberal education , postmodernism , flourishing , explication , sociology , pedagogy , liberal arts education , theodicy , theology , experiential learning , aesthetics , epistemology , philosophy , higher education , political science , law , psychology , social psychology
The author makes a case for the contributions of liberal theology to the transformative pedagogy that is essential for the flourishing of human beings in the twenty‐first century. First he advocates the retention of liberal theology, but in a postmodern form that is open, critical, experiential, visionary, and culturally transformative. Then he demonstrates points of contact between this revisioned theology and liberal education, particularly those connections manifested in five elements of transformative pedagogy: education and life‐formation, the rhythm of education, constructive and interactive knowledge, connected and imaginative teaching, and education as the practice of freedom. The author concludes that a revisioned liberal theology can contribute significantly to the recovery and explication of the religious dimension of education and its incumbent power of transformation.