Rethinking the Christian Baccalaureate in Theology

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Julio Paulo Tavares Zabatiero

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This article provides a critical reading of the ‘Parecer CNE-CES 60, de 2014’, from the Ministry of education, Brazil, which defines the curriculum guidelines for courses of Baccalaureate in Theology. In its first section it discusses the theoretical background of the ‘Parecer’, questioning its illuminist orientation (specially the preeminence of theory over practice), as well as its pedagogical theory focused on contents and not on the students activities. It aims to show that are two opposed educational paradigms in the ‘Parecer’, the illuminist and the constructivist, although the illuminist is the dominant one. It also question the view of the theologian present in the ‘Parecer’, marked by significant absences from the professional field of religious work. In the second section, the article presents a sample of particular interpretation of the ‘Parecer’, indicating the guidelines of a curriculum based on the constructivist paradigm. It dedicates special attention to the occult dimension of the curriculum and to an articulation of the student’s activities in relationship to the disciplines of the course.

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ZABATIERO, Julio Paulo Tavares. Rethinking the Christian Baccalaureate in Theology. HORIZONTE - Journal of Studies in Theology and Religious Sciences, Belo Horizonte, v. 13, n. 40, p. 2221–2247, 2015. DOI: 10.5752/P.2175-5841.2015v13n40p2221. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pucminas.br/horizonte/article/view/P.2175-5841.2015v13n40p2221. Acesso em: 3 sep. 2025.
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Julio Paulo Tavares Zabatiero, Faculdade Teológica Sul Americana

Coordinator of Graduate Studies and Research Doctor of Theology - Bible area