The Role of Pastoral Theology in Theological Education for the Formation of Pastoral Counselors

2006 ◽  
Vol 8 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 9-27
Author(s):  
Larry Kent Graham ◽  
Jason C. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Pastoral Counselors

THEORIES OF THE MISSIONARY VOCATION OF THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION IN POST-SOVIET PROTESTANTISM

2020 ◽  
pp. 78-92
Author(s):  
Valentyn Syniy
Keyword(s):  
21St Century ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Educational Activity ◽  
Spiritual Education ◽  
General Recognition ◽  
The Church ◽  
The Trinity ◽  
Formal Construction

It is emphasized that the involvement of missionary theology in the discussion of ways to develop spiritual education allowed post-soviet Protestantism to successfully overcome differences in the vision of the formal construction of education, and then move on to discussions about its content. There was a gradual overcoming of modern individualism, the growing role of communities, the replacement of monologue models of mission with dialogical ones. The idea of the seminary as a community that is not self-sufficient, but serves the church as a community, has gained general recognition. The church also came to be understood as serving an eschatological ideal community similar to the Trinity community. The formation of community and dialogical models of missionary and educational activity allows Ukrainian Protestantism to effectively adapt to the realities of the beginning of the 21st century and to be proactive in today's society.

The Failure of Functional Theologies of Ministry and the Promise of a Relational Alternative

Ecclesiology ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 27-43
Author(s):  
Graham Buxton
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Theological Method ◽  
Systematic Theology ◽  
The Social ◽  
Practical Ministry ◽  
Pastoral Theory ◽  
The Relationship

AbstractThe author critiques inductive approaches to pastoral theology that rely on the empirical methodology of the social and human sciences, and presents an alternative Christocentric praxis model of pastoral ministry. The result is an attempt to integrate pastoral theory and practice that shifts the perspective away from functionally-determined theologies of ministry to a relationally oriented and hermeneutically coherent model of orthopraxis in which theory and practice interact in a way that is intended to both deepen faith and transform lives. Some of the key themes that inform the discussion are the importance of theological method, the role of the community as the context for care, the relationship between practical ministry and systematic theology, and the notion of praxis in articulating the nature and scope of practical theology today.

Ageing and Personhood in Twenty-First Century Europe: A Challenge to Religion

2009 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Coleman
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Population Ageing ◽  
First Century ◽  
Eastern Orthodox ◽  
The Past ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Human Ageing ◽  
Young Old ◽  
Older Europeans

AbstractThe nature and experience of human ageing is changing as people come to live longer lives both as active 'young-old' and dependent 'old-old'. Europe is in the forefront of population ageing and stands in great need of a creative response at many levels, including from religious bodies. There needs to be recognition that older Europeans benefit less than in the past from the elder's traditional religious role of witnessing and transmitting faith. Indeed in some European countries older people can be greatly troubled in their own faith yet pastorally unsupported as Christian churches focus on evangelizing the reluctant young. Pastoral theology needs to be developed to encourage creative responses to the older person's isolation, which can be cultural and spiritual as well as physical. Possibly the greatest challenge is to respond effectively to the rising numbers entering the fourth age in a state of dementia. In this respect western Christianity has much to learn from the Eastern Orthodox tradition, which lays less emphasis on rationality as the criterion for human and moral status, and more on the person in relationship. Even if we forget who we are, we can and should be remembered by others, and in the last analysis are remembered by God.

Change, Ritual, and Grief: Continuity and Discontinuity of Pastoral Theology in Ghana

1992 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-152
Author(s):  
Abraham Adu Berinyuu
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Theology ◽  
Western Civilization ◽  
Religious Values ◽  
Christian Understanding ◽  
The Cross ◽  
Religious Understanding ◽  
Continuity And Discontinuity

Uses a life segment from a Westernized Ghanaian man going through grief over the death of his father to illustrate the conflicts implicit when Ghanaian culture and religious values interact with Western civilization and Christianity. Develops the thesis that a pastoral theology of ritual may provide a religious understanding in which Western Christian notions and practices and the original understandings of Ghanaians can be bridged. Notes especially the role of the cross in providing a symbol capable of creatively relating original cultic meanings witn an enlightened Christian understanding of death and grief.

Ministerial Formation and Theological Education in Ghana: Prospects and Challenges

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victor Atta-Baffoe
Keyword(s):  
Theological Education ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
Theological Seminary ◽  
Course Content ◽  
The People ◽  
Biblical Foundations ◽  
Education In Ghana ◽  
The Way

ABSTRACTThe inconsistency between theological education and parish life is a sign of the breakdown of a theological paradigm for doing and communicating theology in Africa today. The role of Scripture within the framework of an Anglican tradition is now a matter of examination. There are biblical foundations for ministerial formation but they need to relate to the current situation of ministry. The only theological seminary in Ghana is St Nicholas, where the staff are indigenous but the programme offered is Western and imported. The result is that ministerial formation has failed to meet the needs of the people of Ghana. The way forward demands a thorough revision of the present course content and a focus on the needs of the particular time and place that is modern Ghana.

The Role of History in Theological Education

Theology ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 98 (785) ◽  
pp. 358-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Strudwick
Keyword(s):  
Theological Education

Training Spiritual Caregivers

2021 ◽  
pp. 278-296
Author(s):  
Wendy Cadge ◽  
Beth Stroud ◽  
Patricia K. Palmer ◽  
George Fitchett ◽  
Trace Haythorn ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Education ◽  
Spiritual Care ◽  
Theological Education ◽  
Religious Diversity ◽  
Religious Institutions ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Secular Institutions

This chapter explores graduate theological education as a field that produces both discourses of spirituality and the professionals who provide what is increasingly called “spiritual care.” As taught in chaplaincy programs, the case of spiritual care illustrates how “spirituality” is produced by religious institutions in a pragmatic effort to train chaplains for work in the secular institutions that employ them. The chapter shows how, based on the history of chaplaincy graduate education programs and their students’ religious backgrounds, programs adapt the content of their curricula and their approaches to religious diversity to prepare their students for work with a wide range of religious and nonreligious people across secular institutions. It concludes by outlining what this case contributes to broader scholarly conversations about the institutional production of “spirituality” in the current American context and the role of theological education in that production.

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