His dynamic blend
of theological studies, mental health training and six years of missionary travel impact his ability to connect with a variety of clients.
After receiving her Master of Fine Arts from Boston University in 1994, she studied religious philosophy at Harvard University where she received a Master
of Theological Studies, having worked with the Nobel Laureate, Elie Wiesel.
-- Glenn Kreider, Professor
of Theological Studies, Dallas Theological Seminary; Contributor, Bibliotheca Sacra
Tyler holds a Doctoral degree in Education Leadership from Harvard Graduate School of Education, a Master of Public Administration from Harvard John F. Kennedy School of Government, and a Master
of Theological Studies from Regent College of the University of British Columbia.
She is ordained as an interfaith minister, and holds a doctorate in religion from Emory University and an M.A.
of theological studies from the Harvard Divinity School.
(See the important discussion, from a somewhat different viewpoint, by D.E. Nineham in Journal
of Theological Studies 9 (1958), 13 - 25; 243 - 52; 11 [1960], 253 - 64.)
He received his bachelor's degree in theology from the Superior Institute
of Theological Studies.
The tendency toward pluralism and the participation of the schools in the confusion of churches and ministers becomes even more apparent in their efforts to add to the traditional core
of theological studies new disciplines which are to serve as bridges between the heritage and modern men, or, more immediately, between it and the needs of ministers in modern churches.
What this definition of the object of theology means for the organization
of theological studies can not here be developed.
The importance of context is emphasized by Timothy J. Gorringe, professor
of theological studies at the University of Exeter, who interprets Barth's central task as setting forth a theology of freedom.
«If you don't see college as having a purpose greater than yourself, it loses all meaning,» says David Horner, a professor
of theological studies at Talbot University.
[41] See the section on Tertullian in G. H. Joyce, «Private Penance in the Early Church,» Journal
of Theological Studies, Vol.
The current division
of theological studies into Bible, history, theology, ethics and practical theology reflects a very old Theological Encyclopedia, but one whose foundations in a theology of the Word, of teaching office, of church and ministry, if not discredited, are at least invisible to present - day students — probably because many of them simply do not share the old consensus about the church which produced this Theological Encyclopedia.
Dr. Mellert is an assistant professor in the department
of theological studies at the University of Dayton.
Grant Kaplan is an associate professor in the department
of theological studies at Saint Louis University.
Practical theology — theology that is addressed to the lives of communities and grows out of the lives of communities, theology that is done for the sake of a way of life — is a growing, exciting dimension
of theological studies.
If we did make the global economy and the economy of nature together key concerns for the conceptual space
of theological studies, what would need to happen beyond Moltmann's nomination of a new dialogue partner?
Belden C. Lane is professor
of theological studies and American studies at Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri.
M. D. Goulder, «Characteristics of the Parables in the Several Gospels,» Journal
of Theological Studies 19 (1968), p. 47.
McCormick thought that our discussion
of his Theological Studies article was a parody of his position, but then Fr.
Although I fought for and achieved admission as the first woman to take the full program
of theological studies that was reserved for priesthood candidates, I could not imagine as my male colleagues did that I could become a theologian like Karl Rahner, Rudolf Bultmann or Rudolf Schnackenburg — decisively determining theological questions and exegetical discussions.
Not the posture of value - detachment and apolitical objectivism but the articulation of one's social location, interpretive strategies and theoretical frameworks are appropriate in such a rhetorical paradigm
of theological studies.
Tyndale Seminary in Toronto, Ontario, Canada offers a fully online Graduate Diploma, and Master
of Theological Studies degree (I am a student there).
I have argued that practical theology can and should be the center
of theological studies (both in the seminary and the university) and that this practical theology needs a clear understanding of the nature of practical moral thinking (practical reason).
Tomorrow I return to Rome for my final year
of theological studies before ordination.
This literature gave rise to the standard fourfold division
of theological studies into Bible, church history, systematic theology and practical theology.
Educators in centres
of theological studies, seminaries and Catholic universities... to demonstrate the relevance... of the Catechism of the Catholic Church... 8.
He is a graduate from the Methodist Theological School in Ohio with a Master
of Theological Studies.
It is a joke to offer any kind of degree in any kind
of theological study.
The result has been a trusted and standardized course
of theological study.
On this second view, insofar as persons have apprehended God through the medium of Christian myths, symbols, and rites, their subjectivity will be shaped by a distinctive dynamic and structure which then dictates the proper movement and structure
of theological study.
But the worry that the pool of future faculty will be dominated by graduates of religious studies programs whose whole training is outside the fields and institutions
of theological study and who would not want to be associated with such schools is misplaced.
I join a number of mission thinkers in insisting that missiology is a complementary discipline and could not exist independently from other fields
of theological study.
Instead, he proposes using «witness across religious boundaries» as the defining principle of mission and as the integrating principle of missiology, and he explores the implications of this defining hub for the future
of theological study.
Thus, as an interdisciplinary field of study, it has a crucial complementary role to play in the entire arena
of theological study.
Although missiology must be concerned with «God's glory» — taking an example from Scherer's list — there is nothing distinctively missiological about «God's glory» as all fields
of theological study must also be concerned with it.
As an inter-disciplinary field of study with an important complementary role to play to all existing fields
of theological study, part of the task of missiology involves the drawing out of missiological themes and issues from those fields of study.
Theological educators in this second group stress that the conventional course
of theological study is inadequate to the pluralism of ways in which the Christian faith is understood and lived.
The genuine conflict between theological paradigms operative in the debates of the Second Vatican Council during my own formative years
of theological study in Rome focused the question for me initially as one within my own Roman Catholic Church community.
But these all need the back - up
of theological study if they are to be well adapted and developed in practice.
The schools urge to competence in the various fields
of theological study.
However this may be, it is a fact that up to now the problem of mythology has never been a regular part of the curriculum
of theological study.
The methods of pastoral theology demonstrate the value of a «thick description» as a fundamental beginning point for all the fields
of theological study.
Almost every department
of theological study is involved at this level, and this means not only attention to the symbols and images of the Christian faith; it also means attention to the symbols and images and art forms of the contemporary world, as they are encountered in literature and the fine arts, but also in popular expressions, community rituals, social ideologies, and not least in the mass media of the time.
That means the arrangement of the areas
of theological study according to some coherent principle.
Must all sacramentally valid marriages resemble my friends», beginning only after a few years
of theological study, during a Mass set to music by Mozart?
They too have implications regarding the subject matter
of theological study
In short, focusing theological study by attending to congregations necessarily entails a globalization of the frame of reference
of theological study.
The more broadly shared character of the practice of worship also has implications regarding the subject matter
of theological study.
On the other hand, «emphasis on the importance of the traditional disciplines
of theological study in the biblical, church - historical and systematic fields has been reinforced after a period in which their values were frequently questioned».