Abstract:
This thesis seeks to describe a Christian perspective of the educational act. Based
on a reading of texts by Matthias Preiswerk, it is proposed here a critical analysis
of ecclesial Christian Education within the Churches of the Protestantism of
Mission in Brazil, specially the Biblical Sunday School (or Sunday School). The
first part of the thesis focuses on the educational history of Matthias Preiswerk as
a popular educator in Bolivia. The focus, however, falls on the "Christian"
dimension of his work. In this topic we note the use of elements of the "Theory of
Communicative Action by Jürgen Habermas. In the second part we offer a
reading of texts of Preiswerk centered on concepts and practices of Christian
Education and its relation to Popular Education. This reading serves as the
foundation for a specific look on the Christian educational act in dialogue with
Preiswerk and his proposed renewal of Christian Education from the experience of
Popular Education. In the third part we, also in dialogue with Preiswerk, offer our
vision of the Christian educational act vis-a-vis a broad educational vision, develop
basic aspects of a theology of Christian education and its consequences for the
practice of Christian Education ecclesial contexts.
