TARABAN Y. Organizational and pedagogical foundations of theological education at universities of the Federal Republic of Germany

The dissertation is a comprehensive study, within the framework of which the theoretical, normative, organizational, substantive and methodological foundations of theological education at universities of the Federal Republic of Germany were clarified, and the possibilities of creative use of the progressive German experience of theological education in Ukraine were determined. The state of the development of the problem of theological education in the national and foreign scientific. A tendency towards the formation of an interdisciplinary discourse in the field under study was defined. It could unite scientists from various branches of knowledge in their desire to translate the positive achievements of the theory under study into practice. In the framework of the conceptual and terminological study apparatus, its author's classification had been proposed, three groups of concepts were distinguished and characterized interaction aimed at the formation of the competencies of specialists in theology. Further development and refinement were given by the characteristic of pedagogical, legal, theological, and international terminology in the field of theological education. There were introduced into scientific circulation lesser-known for the local scientific community German-speaking and English-language sources in the field of the problem under study. The practical significance of the results of the study. The results of the study and recommendations can be taken into account when forming the conceptual foundations of national policies in the field of religion and education.