The End of Theological Education Smith Ted A.
The End of Theological Education Smith Ted A. How to envision theological education in this time between the times The dominant model of theological education is coming to an end--but Ted A. Smith…
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The End of Theological Education Smith Ted A.
How to envision theological education in this time between the times The dominant model of theological education is coming to an end--but Ted A. Smith locates the crisis facing theological education today in a sweeping history of religion in the United States, from the standing orders of the colonial period to the voluntary associations of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Smith looks to its ultimate ends as sources of hope and renewal.
Smith refuses to tell the story as one of progress or decline. He then connects today's challenges to shifts in contemporary society, including declining religious affiliation, individualization, rising desires for authenticity, and the unraveling of professions. Instead, he puts theological education in eschatological perspective, understanding it in relation to