A transformação antropológica e a educação da fé: a amizade como critério de autenticidade

Starting from the challenge noted in the 2020 Directory for Catechesis, according to which digital social networks are promoting not only a cultural but also an anthropological change, this text discusses how faith education can carry out its mission, without forgetting that faith is above all a relationship of friendship with God. It is recognized that thanks to the plasticity of the brain, it allows itself to be influenced and shaped by the behavior and environments in which we live. As a result, cognitive changes arise, manifested in changes in perception, attention, memory and thinking. In fact, Pope Francis had already denounced this when he said that, “they do not favor the development of the capacity to live wisely, to think deeply, to love generously” (Laudato Si’, 47). In order for faith education to be able to provide an adequate response, it is important to take on some of the challenges and resources of the Christian tradition: stop focusing on answers and focus on questions; focus on the person rather than the content; and, finally, focus on narrating rather than explication of ideas.