Turism in the Christian Ecological Education
Talking about ecological education in the religious education undertaken in<br />Christian communities we should not ask ‘if’ but ‘how’ it should appear what the<br />rules governing it are and what the methods and means should be used. The paper<br />aims at researching a fragment...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
2011-10-01
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| Series: | Paedagogia Christiana |
| Online Access: | https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/PCh/article/view/216 |
| Summary: | Talking about ecological education in the religious education undertaken in<br />Christian communities we should not ask ‘if’ but ‘how’ it should appear what the<br />rules governing it are and what the methods and means should be used. The paper<br />aims at researching a fragment of reality in terms of Christian religious education<br />in terms of ecology, and more specifically it discusses the issue of using tourism as<br />a method in the area of education mentioned above. Researching the problem the<br />author considered the specifics of Christian ethics which relates to both the natural<br />cognition as well as to the Revelation. It also displays a difference between ethics<br />and morality, because in the latter one the motivation of will to undertake certain<br />actions and discard some is crucial. The research in the article attempts at displaying<br />that tourism is a chance for Christian moral education concerning nature. In its space<br />not only a recognition of the world with its rules and aims ascribed to its nature takes<br />place but also it can be a chance to look at oneself from a different perspective and<br />discovering oneself in the context of relation with God – nature makes man question<br />the idea of Absolute being the cause of the world as well as it also helps to look at<br />oneself as a weak creature, not capable of coping with many situations and finally,<br />it creates the space of silence in which a tourist can reflect on himself and his own<br />life. The recognition of the onthological relation between man and God is another<br />motivation to protect the environment, which according to the words of biblical<br />Revelation was given to man to take care of. |
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| ISSN: | 1505-6872 2451-1951 |