Apologia :

Stackhouse, Max L.

Apologia : contextualization, globalization, and mission in theological education / by Max L. Stackhouse with Nantawan Boonprasat-Lewis ... [et al.] ; foreword by Donald Shriver. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Eerdmans, c1988. - xvi, 237 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents: Our context --
Texts and contexts --
Affirmation and translations --
Consultations and globalization --
Praxis and solidarity --
Poesis and contextuality --
Theoria and phenomenology --
Apologia --
Orthodoxy? --
Praxiology? --
Doxology --
A response to Apologia, with special reference to problems of text and context / by Ilse von Loewenclau --
A response to Apologia, with special reference to the seminary as a faith community / by Robert W. PazmiƱo.

Summary: A bold attempt to provide a unifying vision to guide the efforts of theological education in a global context characterized by pluralism and relativism. Discusses the training of individuals for ministry in seminaries around the world. Deals with questions (1) is there a common or shared vision for ecumenical seminaries and (2) what is the vision?

0802802850 (pbk.)

87033080


Theology.
Theology--Study and teaching.
Missions--Theory.
Christianity and culture.
Internationalism.

BR 118 / .S69 1988

230/.01