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    Published: 2023-11-251
    Vol. 65 No. 1 (2023)

    Genesis of Confirmation Work as a Form of Confessional Education in the Protestant Tradition

    Elżbieta Byrtek

    https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2994-063X
    https://doi.org/10.36124/rt.2023.05

    Abstract

    In Evangelical Reformation churches, confirmation work is treated as a supplement to religious education conducted at school. School religious education has a dialogical character and is an element of general education. Reformation tradition churches provide an additional form of confessional education, which are confirmation classes. In Poland, due to the diasporic nature of the Lutheran and Reformed Churches, confirmation classes are integrated with religious instruction. Nevertheless, they are extended with additional activities. In this article, I present the genesis of confirmation work as a religious and pedagogical act. Historical analyzes are important for the modern understanding of religious education. They confirm that a balance is possible between religious education at school and confessional formation.

    Keywords:

    confirmation work, religious education, general education, Protestantism

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    Byrtek, E. (2023). Genesis of Confirmation Work as a Form of Confessional Education in the Protestant Tradition. Theological Yearbook, 65(1), 93–110. https://doi.org/10.36124/rt.2023.05

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