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History of Religions
History of the 3 Monotheistic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) and of the main different Christianity confessions (Roman Catholicism, Eastern Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism and Protestantism)
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Pedagogical Approaches
New pedagogical approaches to teach history of religion
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Role of Religions in Civilization
How to didactically promote among students of different confessions, the capacity of a critical analysis and understanding of the role played by religions in the history of mankind
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Interreligious Students’ Competences
Set of teaching contents, to be used by teachers to highlight and valorize the universal values of tolerance and universalisms that all Monotheistic religions and religious texts contain to promote and sustain mutual understanding among students
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Managing Multi-Religious Classes
Teaching Sources to help teachers dealing with multicultural and multi-religious classes
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Introduction
A comparative review of the liturgical celebrations, ceremonies and dietary rules existing in the different religions.
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Celebrations
Description and comparative analysis of the celebrations of different religions and confessions
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Ceremonies
Description and comparative analysis of the ceremonies of different religions and confessions
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Dietary Rules
Description and comparative analysis of the dietary rules of different religions and confessions
Events
The Pathway through Religions project has been promoted trough conferences and articles.
Conferences
The Pathway through Religions project was presented in a number of events in order to report about the activities carried out and the results achieved
Press Review
The Pathway through Religions project partnership made contacts with web sites focusing on the fields of educationPartnership
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Contractual Partners
From this section it is possible to access to a description of each contractual partner of the Pathway through Religions project.
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Schools
From this section it is possible to access to the information about the schools involved in the Pathway through Religions Project in the European countries involved.
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Associated Partners
As a result of the exploitation activity a number of associated partners officially joined the project in order to contribute to the improvement of the project impact on their target groups and to ensure the project sustainability by continuing using the project deliverables in the next years.
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Centro Internazionale di Loppiano
Loppiano, comune di Incisa Valdarno
WEB SITE www.loppiano.it
RELIGIONS Judaism, Catholic, Protestant, Islam, Orthodox, Hinduism, Sikhism, Buddhism
DESCRIPTION OF THE RELIGIOUS SITE
DESCRIPTION
Located on two hundred and sixty hectares of hilly terrain, in the municipality of Incisa Val d'Arno, 20 kilometers from Florence. Loppiano. is the first international citadel of the Focolare Movement Hearth Movement). Born in 1964, today it has about 800 inhabitants. More than half of them live there permanently. Others are in transit for a stay that can vary from 6 to 18 months. There are no entrances, gates or welcome signs. Loppiano is a city where everyone can enter, taking the road from any direction. It is not characterized by a particular architecture. There you can find "life" that explodes, knocking on one of the little houses that are located along its hilly paths. Inside, you can go around the world in a coffee shop: from New Caledonia to China, Syria or Pakistan.
HISTORICAL RELEVANCE
Loppiano was founded by Chiara Lubich in 1964 on the land donated by Vincenzo Folonari , with the aim of putting into practice the ideals of the movement founded by her previously.
Two hundred people live permanently in Loppiano, plus about six hundred others who spend a period of training there; residents come from seventy countries. There is the headquarters of the Sophia University Institute, affiliated to the movement.
The diversity of languages, cultures and backgrounds also manifests itself in music. The multicultural bands Gen Rosso and Gen Verde have their origins and location in the citadel.
The inhabitants of Loppiano work mainly in companies of various fields ranging from agro-food (wine, olive oil, honey) to crafts (wood, cloth, furniture), art, medical care.
In August 2006 it hosted over 4000 young participants in the RoverWay'06, an international meeting of the Scout movement .
The experience underlying the birth of Loppiano has been resumed in other countries and today many citadels of the movement have been founded.
Two hundred people live permanently in Loppiano, plus about six hundred others who spend a period of training there; residents come from seventy countries. There is the headquarters of the Sophia University Institute, affiliated to the movement.
The diversity of languages, cultures and backgrounds also manifests itself in music. The multicultural bands Gen Rosso and Gen Verde have their origins and location in the citadel.
The inhabitants of Loppiano work mainly in companies of various fields ranging from agro-food (wine, olive oil, honey) to crafts (wood, cloth, furniture), art, medical care.
In August 2006 it hosted over 4000 young participants in the RoverWay'06, an international meeting of the Scout movement .
The experience underlying the birth of Loppiano has been resumed in other countries and today many citadels of the movement have been founded.
INTER-RELIGIOUS RELEVANCE
In a world where cities appear increasingly multi-ethnic and multicultural, the mere fact of living in the same place as people from different countries would not make Mariapoli (Cities of the Virgin Mary) a particular place. If the citadels have something to say or to give, it is exactly because the people who live and work there strive daily to put into practice the law that makes this coexistence express the beauty and wealth of a united world by love. It is a law that is rooted in the universal law of love, expressed in every religion and which finds its origin in the golden rule – Do unto others as you would have others do unto you - and that finds in the new commandment of mutual love, expressed in the Gospel, the only law to reassemble everyone in fraternity.
A law that is put into practice in every area and in every moment of the day, in the continuous welcoming and love for those you meet, those you work, study, live, pray with...
That same law is also suggested by those who come and visit Loppiano and that means that a city of dialogue and fraternity can really be achieved.
A law that is put into practice in every area and in every moment of the day, in the continuous welcoming and love for those you meet, those you work, study, live, pray with...
That same law is also suggested by those who come and visit Loppiano and that means that a city of dialogue and fraternity can really be achieved.
RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE
In the citadel spirituality courses are held according to a method supported by experience (with expositions of the various points of the evangelical spirituality of the Movement, of its aspects, its history, with communion of soul, that is, with mutual communication, by all, of what has been understood, putting into practice the concepts learned ...); lessons are given in theology, dogmas, morals, the history of the Church; participants witness the daily Holy Mass; they work hard, but they also play.
The citadel receives visitors who want to know its "ideals"; one learns above all to love Christendom and always to live with the presence of Jesus in our midst. Furthermore, due to its own maturation, all the inhabitants, despite being different gender (there are precisely focolarini (males) and focolarine (females), consecrated people, married couples, volunteers, families, priests, religious men and women, young people, live in the same reality, even with the necessary distinction, because even if the state of consecration is greatly valued in the Movement, it is not the one that is emphasized the most, rather, it the charity that everyone can burn in his/her own own heart and that makes many one single thing.
The citadel receives visitors who want to know its "ideals"; one learns above all to love Christendom and always to live with the presence of Jesus in our midst. Furthermore, due to its own maturation, all the inhabitants, despite being different gender (there are precisely focolarini (males) and focolarine (females), consecrated people, married couples, volunteers, families, priests, religious men and women, young people, live in the same reality, even with the necessary distinction, because even if the state of consecration is greatly valued in the Movement, it is not the one that is emphasized the most, rather, it the charity that everyone can burn in his/her own own heart and that makes many one single thing.
HOW TO USE WITH THE STUDENTS
Readings from the website
Direct participation to some courses
History of the site and of the movement
Direct participation to some courses
History of the site and of the movement
REFERENCE TO THE GUIDELINE
- Multidisciplinary Pedagogical Approaches to Teach History of Religions - Teaching Sacred Books as Literature
- Multidisciplinary Pedagogical Approaches to Teach History of Religions - Teaching Religion through the Personal Experiences of Prophets and Saints
- Multidisciplinary Pedagogical Approaches to Teach History of Religions - Teaching Secular Values, which Coincide with Religious Values
- Multidisciplinary Pedagogical Approaches to Teach History of Religions - Peer Learning in Teaching History of Religions
LINKS
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A short presentation
A short presentation
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A video about courses
A video about courses
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It is possible to follow all activities in streaming
It is possible to follow all activities in streaming
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On line article in Italian language
On line article in Italian language
