A pedagogy of faith: The theological dimension of Paulo Freire's educational theory and practice
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Title
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A pedagogy of faith: The theological dimension of Paulo Freire's educational theory and practice
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:1dd4daf70e18:10909
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identifier
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11155
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Creator
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Leopando, Irwin Ramirez,
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Contributor
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Ira Shor
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Date
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2011
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Rhetoric | Educational philosophy | Latin American history | Brazil | Catholicism | Conscientization | Freire | Liberation Theology | Pedagogy
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Abstract
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This dissertation examines the theological framework of Paulo Freire's radical-democratic pedagogy. Since the English-language publication of Pedagogy of the Oppressed in 1970, this Brazilian educator, activist, theorist, and public intellectual has been most commonly viewed in North America and Western Europe as a revolutionary Marxist, as a radical social democrat, or as a humanist educator. There has been a widespread among many of his readers to overlook the religious elements of his pedagogical system. This dissertation contends that a full account of Freire's lifelong work requires an exploration of its roots in mid-twentieth century Catholic thought, from the Christian humanism of Jacques Maritain and Emmanuel Mounier to the "prophetic" radicalism of Latin American liberation theology. It traces the evolution of Freire's thought from his immersion in middle-class Catholic activism before Brazil's April 1964 coup to his widely-acknowledged status as the most prominent and influential pedagogical thinker of his generation. It highlights the extent to which Freire's progressive Catholicism shaped such central aspects of his work as "conscientization," social justice, historical possibility, revolutionary socialism, and human nature, thus demonstrating the extent to which Freire's faith informed his pedagogical and political project.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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English
