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Education Through Art: The Use of Images in Catholic Religious Education

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Lack of biblical knowledge and of Christian doctrine, as well as of Church history and liturgy, frequently prevents people from understanding and thus from appreciating some of the greatest art which has ever been created.

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    Andrzej Kielian

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    Adrian-Mario Gellel

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Kielian, A. (2019). Education Through Art: The Use of Images in Catholic Religious Education. In: Buchanan, M., Gellel, AM. (eds) Global Perspectives on Catholic Religious Education in Schools. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6127-2_27

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