A study of priests-to-be
How does the new diversity affect Catholic seminaries?
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New Year 1999
15 Articles
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A study of priests-to-be
How does the new diversity affect Catholic seminaries?
In this article, which includes selected passages adapted by InTrust from the forthcoming Seminaries, Theologates, and the Future of Church Ministry: An Analysis of Trends and Transitions, Sister Katarina Schuth, O.S.F., discusses the students who now seek ordination, the ways they differ from those who became priests in earlier times, and their effect on the…
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Designed for second careers
Two schools that planned for students of diverse experience
Pope John XXIII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts, and the South Florida Center for Theological Studies in Miami are very different schools with one key element in common: their educational programs are carefully tailored to the life experiences of their students. To what extent has your school reinvented itself in response to the signs of…
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To dwell or to seek
Where and how do we find spirituality in our lives?
In this provocative article, abridged from his book After Heaven: Spirituality in America since the 1950s, Robert Wuthnow discusses the change in spirituality that has taken place in the last half-century. From the spirituality of dwelling, people in the United States are moving toward a spirituality of seeking. What factors contributed to this change, what…
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New to the board, correcting the record
John Martin writes on becoming a new board member at Canadian Theological Seminary; Virgil Claasen corrects long-term investment figures of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary.
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Texas Baptists endorse moderate stance
Split with national body may shape seminary funding
Split between Texas Baptists and the national body may affect seminary funding; Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary has received a $5.3 million bequest; $55 million in grants by the Henry Luce Foundation are outlined; study of congregational giving; Catholic bishops collecting responses to two new draft plans to implement Vatican directives on education; and changes at the…
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Theology in context
A review of <i>A Preface to Theology</i>
Title: A Preface to Theology Author: W. Clark Gilpin Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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Preserving tradition in a diverse world, can believers also be open to pluralism’s insights?
A review of <i>Theological Education in the Catholic Tradition: Contemporary Challenges</i>
Title: Theological Education in the Catholic Tradition: Contemporary Challenges Authors: Patrick W. Carey and Earl C. Muller, S.J. Publisher: Crossroad
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One among many
A review of <i>The One and the Many: America’s Struggle for the Common Good</i>
Title: The One and the Many: America’s Struggle for the Common Good Author: Martin Marty Publisher: Harvard
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God in graphics
A review of <i>The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries</i>
Title: The Illustrated Jesus through the Centuries Author: Jaroslav Pelikan Publisher: Yale University Press
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Learning to serve
A review of <i>The Call of Service: A Witness to Idealism</i>
Title: The Call of Service: A Witness to Idealism Author: Robert Coles Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
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Cultivating virtue
A review of <i>Seedbeds of Virtue</i>
Title: Seedbeds of Virtue Author: Mary Ann Glendon Publisher: Madison Books
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A third way
A review of <i>Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy</i>
Title: Religion in Public Life: A Dilemma for Democracy Author: Ronald Thiemann Publisher: Georgetown University
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