Formy katechezy biblijnej

Abstract

Principally, one can distinguish two basic ways of working with the Bible. The first one with the help of the principles of biblical hermeneutics attempts to reveal a message of the biblical text, which text becomes the essence of catechesis. The second way sees the biblical text within the frameworks of a problem block which has already been defined thematically. The first type of biblical catechesis is called hermeneutic catechesis. One can distinguish here: exegetic catechesis, inductive catechesis, history of faith (Glaubensgeschichtlicher Unterricht) and history in action (Wirkungsgeschichtlicher Unterricht). The second type of catechesis is characterized by a functional, in a way rationalistic, approach to the Bible. Basing oneself on the pedagogic thory of "Curriculum" by S. Robinson, the biblical text is used by way of the method of transformation. This type limits, however, the tasks of catechesis to a pragmatic dimension. The Bible becomes "a collection of responses" (Antwortpotential) to pupils’ problems. Both types of biblical catechesis stimulate creative reflection and force the theoreticians of catechesis to search new solutions in their work on a biblical text.