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A History of the Perkins School of Theology
by: Lewis Howard Grimes
Publisher: Southern Methodist University Press
Published: 1993-01-01
ASIN: 0870743465
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| | More details | | This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. |
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Because of Christ: Memoirs of a Lutheran Pastor-Theologian
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2010-05-15
ASIN: 0802864716
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| | More details | | Carl Braatenâs memoirs tell the story of his life as a theologian, from his early years as a missionary kid in Madagascar to his years of study at the universities of Paris, Harvard, Heidelberg, and Oxford to his decades of teaching. Throughout the book, he delves into the many theological movements, controversies, and personalities that shaped his thinking and writing. / Braatenâs fight for the faith is reflected in his theological work â spoken and written â that tangles with the âismsâ of the surrounding culture of American religion. Because of Christ is more than simply a biography; it is a chronicle of the chief theological conflicts of the twentieth century that put the integrity of the gospel to the test. |
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Being There: Culture and Formation in Two Theological Schools (Religion in America)
by: Jackson W. Carroll
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1997-10-16
ASIN: 0195114930
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| | More details | This book offers a close-up look at theological education in the U.S. today. The authors' goal is to understand the way in which institutional culture affects the outcome of the educational process. To that end, they undertake ethnographic studies of two seminaries-one evangelical and one mainline Protestant. These studies, written in a lively journalistic style, make up the first part of the book and offer fascinating portraits of two very different intellectual, religious, and social worlds.
The authors go on to analyze these disparate environments, and suggest how in each case corporate culture acts as an agent of educational change. They find two major consequences stemming from the culture of each school. First, each culture gives expression to a normative goal that aims at shaping the way students understand themselves and from issues of ministry practice. Second, each provides a "cultural tool kit" of knowledge, practices, and skills that students use to construct strategies of action for the various problems and issues that will confront them as pastors or in other forms of ministry. In the concluding chapters, the authors explore the implications of their findings for theories of institutional culture and professional socialization and for interpreting the state of religion in America. They identify some of the practical dilemmas that theological and other professional schools currently face, and reflect on how their findings might contribute to their solution. This accessible, thought-provoking study will not only illuminate the structure and process by which culture educates and forms, but also provide invaluable insights into important dynamics of American religious life. |
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Broken Knowledge
by: Younglae Kim
Publisher: University Press Of America
Published: 1997-08-29
ASIN: 0761807802
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| | More details | Broken Knowledge explores the impacts of the scientific and scholarly ideal of the modern university on theological education at Union Theological Seminary from 1887-1926. During this period, the marks of the modern university --specialization, the elective system, professionalization, and the empirical research orientation-- were incorporated into theological education. While vigorously implanting the new university's structural and functional patterns into theological education, the seminary and its theologians strove to bring theological discussions into the arena of secularized academia, to achieve independence from church dogmatism, to expand the scope of theological outlook in social domains, and to bind science and religion together. Without doubt, these efforts deserve due recognition. However, it is also undeniable that the current problems in theological education --the fragmentation of the theological curriculum and the loss of a holistic search for religious truth -- have to do with the seminary's adaptation to the new university ideal such as uncritical specialization and narrow modern epistemology at the turn of the century.
This book explores how the decline of theology or the sacred in our modern world is connected with the dominance of modern scientific ways of knowing in our search for truth and the lack of holistic approaches to the issue of faith and knowledge. This book searches for the recovery of wholeness in theological education and higher learning in general. |
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C(H)AOS Theory: Reflections of Chief Academic Officers in Theological Education
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2011-10-25
ASIN: 0802866875
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| | More details | Informative guide for academic deans at theological schools
Members of the Association of Theological Schools' Chief Academic Officers Society (CAOS) â deans and CAOs at more than 250 theological schools in the United States and Canada â face a number of unique vocational tasks and trials.
C(H)AOS Theory brings together in one volume perspectives from more than thirty deans and chief academic officers (CAOs) at theological schools across North America. These veteran administrators share their wisdom on a variety of topics related to academic leadership, from understanding institutional contexts and nurturing relationships to negotiating conflict, setting and meeting academic goals, building budgets, working with assessment and accreditation, and more.
With its rich amalgam of useful information, bold instruction on a host of academic leadership issues, and lively narratives on the ways that different colleagues address common challenges, C(H)AOS Theory will serve as a helpful resource for academic leaders. |
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Columns: Glimpses Of A Seminary Under Assault
by: Russell H. Dilday
Publisher: Smyth & Helwys Pub
Published: 2004-10
ASIN: 1573124435
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| | More details | | For sixteen years, Russell Dilday was president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, one of the largest and most well-respected seminaries in the world. In 1994 his presidency ended in the wake of the Southern Baptist Conventionâs attempts to remake the Baptist world in its own fundamentalist image. Columns: Glimpses of a Seminary Under Assault chronicles these events by revisiting Dildayâs monthly presidential columns at Southwestern. Through Dildayâs words we reimagine a remarkable seminary both at the height of achievement and under the weight of an unjust assault on Baptist principles which continues to this day. |
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Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook (Jewish Denominations in America)
by: Pamela S. Nadell
Publisher: Greenwood
Published: 1988-09-16
ASIN: 0313242054
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| | More details | Pamela Nadell's biographical dictionary and sourcebook is a landmark contribution to American, Jewish, and religious history. For the first time, a great American Jewish religious movement is portrayed with amplitude, authority, and personality. In the most revolutionary era in two millenia of Jewish history, this surely is an important volumn. Moses Rischin, Professor of History, San Francisco State University Conservative Judaism in America: A Biographical Dictionary and Sourcebook is the first extensive effort to document the lives and careers of the most important leaders in Conservatism's first century and to provide a brief history of the movement and its central institutions. It includes essays on the history of the movement and on the evolution of its major institutions: The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, The Rabbinical Assembly, and The United Synagogue of America. It also contains 135 biographical entries on the leading figures of Conservative Judaism, appendices, and a complete bibliography on sources of study. |
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Cooperative Ventures in Theological Education
by: James W. Fraser
Publisher: University Press Of America
Published: 1989-09-14
ASIN: 0819174904
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| | More details | | This document represents the final report of the Cheswick team, a cooperative effort among five team members, which stands now as a collective contribution. The team's hope is that this report will strengthen cooperative ventures in North American theological education. The structure of the report is as follows: Chapter I provides an introduction to the research methods and theoretical underpinnings of the study. Chapter II offers a brief overview of the evolution of cooperation in theological education. Special attention is given to the consortia movement of the 1960s and 1970s. Chapter III describes the major findings that emerged from the questionnaire survey and the interviews conducted in the United States and Canada. It reports on the wide variety of cooperative undertakings which exists in theological education as it is practiced in the mid-1980s. Finally, Chapter IV concludes with recommendations based on the findings of the research. The appendices include the questionnaires and lists of persons interviewed. |
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Earthen Vessels: Hopeful Reflections on the Work and Future of Theological Schools
by: Daniel O. Aleshire
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: 2008-06
ASIN: 0802863612
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| | More details | | In Earthen Vessels, Daniel Aleshire, executive director of the Association for Theological Schools, makes the case for the future of theological education in a personal and conversational essay. Rather than using a historical or analytic approach, Aleshire uses what he terms appreciative inquiry to identify the strengths of theological education and how they can support future work in the field. By describing this work and its far-reaching benefits, he aims to inform school board members, donors, administrators, and faculty who may be seeking to understand the bigger picture of their institutions. Aleshire organizes the book into three parts. The first makes the case for theological schools by describing the work they were intended to do and the contributions they make. The second focuses on the nature of their work - teaching, learning, and research. Finally the third describes the partners who make this work possible. Aleshire notes that much of the future of these schools will be framed by changes in these partners - administration, the church, and the higher education community - and the ways that schools change in response. |
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