https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41953 Fri, 10 Apr 2026 23:43:46 GMT 2026-04-10T23:43:46Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15159 Title: Catechists through formation not by default Authors: Sultana, Carl-Mario Abstract: This article discusses the importance of training for the role of catechists. A good knowledge of religion is not enough, but merely the starting point. A holistic vision of catechist formation can be summarised by considering it under the three classical dimensions of formation in being, formation in knowing and formation in savoir-faire. These three dimensions can be schematically represented thus: one must not think that the catechist who undergoes an itinerary of formation becomes an expert straight away. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15159 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15158 Title: Do fantasy books lead to the occult? The challenge of Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings Authors: Galea, Paul; Magro, Emanuel; Azzopardi, Wayne Abstract: This article tries to show whether the fantastical and magical elements in literary fiction such as Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings might be a bad influence and an introduction to the occult for children and young adults. The authors conducted a study to find out whether young readers are able to distinguish between fact and fantasy. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15158 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15157 Title: The Christian Agape meal : a manifestation of Koinonia and Diakonia : the contribution of Adalbert-Gautier Hamman Authors: Scerri, Hector Abstract: his study investigates the first and second-century Christian agape meal as an expression of two central facets in the life and mission of the earliest Christian communities, koinonia and diakonia. This study evaluates the contribution of Adalbert- Gautier Hamman (1910–2000) on the agape meal. The academic prominence of this French patristic scholar is to be understood against the backdrop of the prevailing sociotheological context in France in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, namely la nouvelle théologie, the theology of earthly realities and other social initiatives by the Church in that period. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15157 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15156 Title: Homo Spiritualis Authors: Cachia, Nicholas Abstract: In this article, the author tries to examine human spirituality and self discovery from a philosophical and religious perspective. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15156 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z