Spirituality, Ecology, Education: an interdisciplinary approach



Accommodation: check “accommodation facilities” below
Duration: 2 years (360 lecture-hours)
1st stage: 09 to 28/01/2012
2nd stage: 08 to 26/01/2013
3rd stage: 06 to 25/01/2014

Location:
Instituto Teológico Franciscano
Rua Coronel Veiga, 550 –
CEP 25655-151
Petrópolis, RJ
Tel: (24) 2243-9959
Fax: (24) 2231-6409
E-mail: secretaria@itf.org.br

Teachers
Dr. Inácio Neutzling – UNISINOS
Dr. José Augusto Pádua – UFRJ
Dr. Ludovico Garmus – ITF
Dr. Luis Carlos Susin – PUC-RS
Ms. Maristela Barenco C. de Mello – UERJ
Dr. Pedro Demo - UnB
Dr. Sinivaldo S. Tavares – ITF
Ms. Valesca B. B. Fernandes – C. Mendes/Estácio
Ms. Vitório Mazzuco – ITF

Co-ordinator
Dr. Sinivaldo S. Tavares

Description and Contents
Lato Sensu Post-graduation course

Main Subject Matter: Spirituality, Ecology and Education – an interdisciplinary approach

Duration: 2 years divided into three stages, comprising a total of 360 lecture/hours. In addition to the expositive lectures students will be offered special workshops. Both the lectures and the workshops will take place on week days, from Monday to Friday (7 lectures a day, 4 in the morning and 3 in the afternoon) On Saturdays students will be offered guided visits to alternative ecological practices.

Contents
1st stage: ECOLOGY, SCIENCE AND THE NEW PARADIGM

1. The Ecology: a new paradigm
2. The situation of the Earth: historical perspective
3. Interdisciplinarity: a new perspective
4. Eco-spirituality: a new perspective
5. Gaia: the biological perspective of the Ecology
6. Education in an ecological perspective
7. The Earth Charter

2nd stage: SOCIAL ECOLOGY

1. Sustainable societies
2. Economics with solidarity
3. Planetary ethic
4. The Brazilian case: historical perspective
5. Education for a peace culture
6. Eco-spirituality and social ecology
7. The ecology in the Brazilian legislation

3rd stage: INTEGRAL ECOLOGY

1. Eco-spirituality and peace culture
2. The indigenous eco-spirituality
3. The Afro-Brazilian eco-spirituality
4. The Buddhist eco-spirituality
5. The Jewish-Christian eco-spirituality
6. Eco-spirituality and peace culture in the Franciscan perspective
7. Relationship between body and health
8. Eco-spirituality and education