EFETA
Escuela Feminista de Teología de Andalucía
The School
What
EFETA is the first dogmatic learning center that offers a high quality academic program in Feminist Theology: it is rigorous and demanding whilst well in sync with the complexity of today’s religious and cultural world.
Feminism has meant a change in paradigm that no longer knows geographic, racial, linguistic, social, political, religious or academic borders. This change has come hand in hand with the development of democratic processes and the appreciation of human rights, especially the rights of women. One of the areas most resistant to this change in paradigm is that of religion both in theory as well as in practice.
The social - cultural changes that have taken place in the occidental world, more specifically in Spain, and quite extensive in the whole Spanish speaking part of the world, call for a more or less critical revision, in some cases an urgent revision, of all beliefs that continue to be based in firmly rooted theological concepts that go against justice and the dignity of any one person.
This context has led to groups, associations and individual women to plead for an increased democratization of theological concepts and for more than just information. This is where the EFETA plays a pivotal role with Andalusia being its symbolical, geographical starting point.
Who is Who (Team leading the School):
| Scientific Committee: | Management Committee |
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| Classroom Teaching Coordinator: | Online Teaching Coordinator: |
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The Scientific committee is responsible for maintaining the quality and standards of the School and for guaranteeing it achieves its objectives and academic excellence.
The Coordinator of the Scientific Committee consults and supervises along with the rest of its members the ideology of EFETA in all educational matters be it in class teaching or online teaching.
The Education Team consists of EFETA’s own professors, 9 in class professors as well as 8 on-line professors, who develop the pedagogical tasks of the school and implement them into the program.
The Teaching Coordinator is responsible for the on-line program and especially for anything having to do with professors. The technological Coordination ensures the on-line platform remains active as well as consults in all other areas. The Collaborating Committee consults on non curricular areas related to the life and culture of the school. It is made up by the following:
- Leticia Sánchez Hernández, Pedro Marcos de Cossío (art and history)
- Isabel Gomez-Acebo, Lucía Ramón
- Anabella Barroso (library)
- Mª José Ferrer Echávarri, Ermina Herrera Ventura, María Dolores Díaz de Miranda Macías.
The Management Committee manages all tasks and activities of the Secretary and administrative issues necessary to achieve the school’s goals. Amongst its tasks is the facilitating of tutoring between professors and students.
Estructura orgánica de EFETA
In the current academic year, 2007-2008, the EFETA, in collaboration with RR. Irlandesas, Ed. Verbo Divino, has provided 14 scholarships.
Why
The EFETA was born as a result of the want by both women and men to study theology in a non sexist framework, in the geographical and linguistic Hispanic world, in relation to the cultural, plural and religious realities of daily life.
EFETA is conscious of the fact that ideas have always proven to be very powerful. Since thinking critically is subversive and to do so with strictness and creativity is an instrument of individual, social and political change, EFETA wants to provide women with the possibility of high quality learning that can help eliminate patriarchal injustices cemented in theological religious reasoning. EFETA wants to offer an alternative that can help us achieve the better world many people dream of.
The natural academic environment of the School, whose level corresponds to a Masters, is the civil University and the entities associated to it.
Nationalities of student body
Why
The immediate objectives of EFETA are to:
Create a solid base for Feminist Theology that allows students to access superior levels in the differing areas of this Theology. Enable access to superior levels of learning in the different areas of Theology…and in the middle term make it possible for women, and other interested persons, to acquire the basic instruments that will allow them to speak authoritatively on the subject.
Promote the research and development of feminist theological thought that allows a dialogue and understanding of other cultural and religious traditions in our surroundings.
How
EFETA divides its content programme into two progressive cycles with Semi presential Methodology.
- The classroom programme consists of 5 credits given in the annual seminar and depends on the professors responsible for each course and the material and exams dictated by each seminar.
- The online programme will be completed by a series of on-line tutorials accessed through the School’s portal and will consist of 4 credits per course per quarter.
In addition, each student will be required to complete an essay or reflection each cycle. The rest will be completed by evaluation requirements (hours achieved through work)..
Complementary activities can be found in various areas
- The EFETA Association
- Academic Institutions (currently in progress)
- Seminar at the School