Church and school together
The boom in congregationally based education
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Summer 2002
15 Articles
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Church and school together
The boom in congregationally based education
A new and mostly uncharted trend in theological education is the rapidly expanding number of congregations themselves training people for ministry. The congregations and their programs are diverse, and they are attracting students who might not otherwise have considered theological education — but they are also siphoning some students from established schools. Here’s an introduction…
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Looking for leaders
Preferably with most of them under 30
“Leadership” is a much used and little defined term in theological education circles. What does it mean for your students to be trained as leaders? And how can you find young people who are ready for such training?
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Toward a stronger future
Auburn's analysis of its survey of seminary trustees
Trustees of theological schools are critical to the school’s future. Do you know where your new board members are coming from?
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We ‘federated’ | culture is key
Louis Weeks looks back with satisfaction, five years after the merger of Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education in Richmond, Virginia. Peter Chynowrth says understanding differences in culture is the key to successful amalgamation.
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Recruiting the very best for your board
Identifying, attracting and replacing a theological school’s leaders is critical to growth and survival. Here is one president’s take on the process.
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Field guide identifies worshipers
A new study provides clues about who’s in the pews, scholars receive grants to work across disciplines, a school closes just short of its twenty-fifth birthday, and very long and very short tenured leaders move on.
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Doughnuts, doctrine, bagels and blessings
Associate editor Melinda Heppe finds the appeal of bagels and Bible study can draw a crowd even before sun-up in rural Pennsylvania.
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Ambivalence of the Sacred
A review
Title: Ambivalence of the Sacred Author: R. Scott Appleby Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing
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Conflict resolution
A review of <i>Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking</i>
Title: Between Eden and Armageddon: The Future of World Religions, Violence and Peacemaking Author: Marc Gopin Publisher: Oxford University Press
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After the book: picking up all the pieces
A review of <i>Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy</i>
Title: Blown to Bits: How the New Economics of Information Transforms Strategy Authors: Philip Evans and Thomas S. Wurster Publisher: Harvard Business School Press
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Great awakenings
A review of <i>The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism</i>
Title: The Fourth Great Awakening and the Future of Egalitarianism Author: Robert William Fogel Publisher: University of Chicago Press
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