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The Future has Arrived: Changing Theological Education in a Changed World


Author: Daniel Aleshire
Date: August 1st, 2012
Key Words: future, change, denominations, identity, pluralism,

I don’t know how much Christianity has changed in Africa, but I know that it is changing a great deal in North America. On both continents, change in religious understanding and practices means that changes are necessary in the way that Christian pastors are educated and prepared for service. The changes may be different in North America from those in Africa, but on both continents we need the capacity to change, to reflect old commitments in new educational forms, and to be faithful to the future by not being bound to the past.I don’t know how much Christianity has changed in Africa, but I know that it is changing a great deal in North America. On both continents, change in religious understanding and practices means that changes are necessary in the way that Christian pastors are educated and prepared for service. The changes may be different in North America from those in Africa, but on both continents we need the capacity to change, to reflect old commitments in new educational forms, and to be faithful to the future by not being bound to the past.

One of three talks given by Dr Daniel Aleshire, Executive Director of the Association of Theological Schools, for OCI Institute for Excellence, May 2011. 


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