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New Year 1998

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  • Shopping for theology
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    Shopping for theology

    Shopping for theology

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    Phyllis A. Tickle uses “cumulative literacy” to describe a mind-set, a context of circumstances, that both underly and result from the Information Age. In many fields, including theology, ordinary people now have access to unprecedented “banks of information” and can use them to reach their own conclusions. How does such empowerment change the relationship between…

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    Virtue beyond the classroom

    Schools teach students how to keep their promises?

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    Melinda R. Heppe surveys different ways schools deal or do not deal with issues of fidelity. To what extent is your institution responsible for fostering virtue among its students? How can you appropriately encourage fidelity? What nonacademic admission standards are in place? How do you decide when a prospective student is “ready”?

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  • Focal point

    Making fidelity more than a weekend affair

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    Striving for fidelity in a fickle world

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  • Soundings

    Making an impact, announcement

    Richard E. Ice gives advice on how school stockholders can make an impact on corporations they invest in.

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  • Balance sheet

    What a ‘statement of activities’ shows

    Eight questions boards should ask about the figures

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    This useful guide, adapted from the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges’s Understanding Financial Statements, lists eight basic questions and how to find their answers in your school’s financial statements. A simple, handy, and basic tool for neophytes and experts alike.

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  • Tool box

    From institutional to exemplary

    Servings of food service facts and folklore

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    Eating together provides students and faculty with a chance to talk and exchange ideas in an easygoing setting. Do your school’s meals work to its advantage? How important are cooks to your operation? How does food service fit into your school budget?

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  • Perspective

    Whatever happened to heeding God’s call?

    Student recruitment now marketing oriented

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    The way today’s seminarians are recruited tends to give the impression that the ordained ministry is a job like any other, says author John H. Leith. To Leith, a retired professor of theology from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, the ministry is no mere job—it’s a sacred calling, a self-offering made in the presence of…

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  • Changing scenes

    Changing scenes: Presbyterians form commercial bank

    The goal: insulation from new charitable restrictions

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    Presbyterians form a commercial bank to insulate themselves from charitable restrictions; the Vatican rejects the Reverend William J. Rewak as president of the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley; new study of church giving; Luce Foundation gift to Wake Forest University; another New Era sentencing; and changes at the top.

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  • Viewpoint

    From school to congregational leadership

    Can recent graduates by helped to bridge the gap?

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    C. Ellis Nelson, president emeritus of Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary and research professor at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, discusses new ministers’ need for extended orientation to the demands of congregational life. Has your board explored the way your seminary prepares graduates to lead a congregation? How can these efforts be improved.

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  • Transitions over time
    Books

    Transitions over time

    A review of <i>Contending With Modernity: Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century</i>

    Title: Contending With Modernity: Catholic Higher Education in the Twentieth Century Author: Philip Gleason Publisher: Oxford University Press

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  • Preparatory essays
    Books

    Preparatory essays

    A review of <i>Preparing for Christian Ministry—An Evangelical Approach</i>

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    Title: Preparing for Christian Ministry—An Evangelical Approach Authors: David P. Gushee and Walter C. Jackson Publisher: A Bridgepoint Book, the academic imprint of Victor Books, a division of Scripture Press

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  • Western religion
    Books

    Western religion

    A review of <i>Reformations</i>

    Title: Reformations Authors: Felipe Fernandez-Armesto and Derek Wilson Publisher: Scribner

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  • How formation for priesthood is changing
    Books

    How formation for priesthood is changing

    A review of <i>Ripe for the Harvest: A Resource for Formation Advisors</i>

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    Title: Ripe for the Harvest: A Resource for Formation Advisors Author: James Walsh Publisher: National Catholic Educational

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  • Outrageous idea
    Books

    Outrageous idea

    A review of <i>The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship</i>

    Title: The Outrageous Idea of Christian Scholarship Author: George Marsden Publisher: Oxford University Press

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  • Object was truth
    Books

    Object was truth

    A review of <i>The Idea of a University</i>

    Title: The Idea of a University Author: John Henry Newman Publisher: Yale University Press

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  • Field notes

    Current Canadian seminarians surveyed

    Results reveal maturity and theological conservatism

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    Roman Catholic seminarians in 1995 have useful things to tell today’s schools. Along with some personal information, Martin Rovers’s survey reveals they are more emotionally mature than their peers in universities (and also somewhat older) and more conservative than students of previous generations. How will these findings help your school as it looks at issues…

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