An outstanding group of authors address the structure of theological education using different avenues of approach. Each writer describes and frames a theological response to a major feature of the contemporary scene. The contributors look at events and movements that shape the organization of theological studies, including a review of black religion, feminism, practical theology, and liberation movements. They explore interrelating issues such as social ethics, seminary and university education, and historical consciousness.
Reconceiving practice / Craig Dykstra -- Situating the structure / Rebecca S. Chopp -- The historical consciousness and the study of theology / Walter E. Wyman, Jr. -- Theological and religious studies / Francis Scheussler Fiorenza -- Beyond a mono-religious theological education / Paul F. Knitter -- Overcoming alienation in theological education / Peter J. Paris -- Christian social ethics as a theological discipline / Thomas W. Ogletree -- Theology against the disciplines / John B. Cobb, Jr. -- Celebrating difference, resisting domination / Mark Kline Taylor -- Toward a fundamental and strategic practical theology / Don S. Browning.
Barbara G. Wheeler, Edward Farley
Barbara G. Wheeler is the Director of Center for the Study of Theological Education and Former President of Auburn Theological Seminary in New York City. She is the 2009 recipient of the Excellence in Theological Education Award. Edward Farley is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Vanderbilt Divinity School in Nashville, Tennessee. He has written a number of books on theology and theological education.