Traditional patterns of educating and training clergy face not only crises of increasing cost and declining enrollment, but also a crisis of identity, since at present it is the academy, not the church, that shapes formation for ministry. This collection of essays outlines a history and a new vision of the church as the primary location of ministerial formation for the future of theological education.
1.In This Interregnum, a Great Variety of Morbid Symptoms Appear:
Seminaries and Local Formation in This Crucial Moment for Theological
Education
Joshua B. Davis
2.The End of Seminary
Joseph W.H. Lough
3.The Dramatic Shifts in Theological Education: A Grounded Theory Approach
Kelly D. Campbell and Kris Veldheer
4.Hope, Theological Education, and the Boardwalk
Edwin David Aponte
5.Integrity in Seminary Leadership
Katie Day
6.Tending the Landscapes of Theological Education: Planetary Crisis and the
Demands of Ecological Transition
Timothy Eberhart
Joshua B. Davis is visiting assistant professor of Catholic Studies at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Deirdre Good is a licensed lay preacher in the Diocese of Maine and a faculty member of the Stevenson School of Ministry.
