During Joseph II’s reign a deep cultural shift took place in a relevant part of the intellectual and religious establishment, with the acceptance of philosophical and pedagogical ideas that bore an Enlightened and a Protestant stamp. So at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries a new way to teach religion was introduced, debated and contested in Habsburg catholic territories. Rousseau and Salzmann’s theories were discussed; rationalism and faith, natural religion and revelation were confronted. In the end more attention was devoted to child psychology and language. The cultural fracture of Josephinism became less severe: orthodoxy was restored, but new pedagogical ideas actually entered the didactics of religion.
Polenghi, S., Enlightened Catholicism for children: Teaching religion to children in the Habsburg Empire at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries, Abstract de <<International Standing Conference for the History ofEducation. Culture and Education. ISCHE 37. Istanbul June 24–27 2015>>, (Istanbul, 24-27 June 2015 ), Hunkar Organizasyon Ltd., Istanbul 2015: 186-188 [http://hdl.handle.net/10807/67388]
Enlightened Catholicism for children: Teaching religion to children in the Habsburg Empire at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries
Polenghi, Simonetta
2015
Abstract
During Joseph II’s reign a deep cultural shift took place in a relevant part of the intellectual and religious establishment, with the acceptance of philosophical and pedagogical ideas that bore an Enlightened and a Protestant stamp. So at the end of the 18th and the beginning of the 19th centuries a new way to teach religion was introduced, debated and contested in Habsburg catholic territories. Rousseau and Salzmann’s theories were discussed; rationalism and faith, natural religion and revelation were confronted. In the end more attention was devoted to child psychology and language. The cultural fracture of Josephinism became less severe: orthodoxy was restored, but new pedagogical ideas actually entered the didactics of religion.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.