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A matter of degree

Reassessing the standard for theological education

By Melinda R. Heppe

Is it time to rethink the master of divinity degree? Although it has not changed significantly in forty years, most theological schools still hold it at the center of their mission. In Trust talked with schools that are beginning, revising, and reaffirming the program.

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Same courses, new people

Younger M.Div. graduates stress collaboration in ministry

By Mark Sullivan

Although by most accounts academic preparation for ministry has changed little over the past twenty-five years, interviews with a number of younger master of divinity graduates suggest a different kind of person is entering the profession. Is this true of your school? And how are you adapting to the change in students?

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Theology is moving south

Where Christian growth and the fruitful questions are

By Andrew F. Walls

If author Walls is correct, the intellectual future of Christianity is in the Third World. Should North American theological education change to reflect this? How might your curriculum be affected?

Focal point

Look south and east, you students

By William R. MacKaye

Should the content of the M.Div. be changed?

Soundings

Defends dean and comes full circle

A closing word on the Berkeley Divinity School-Yale University struggle from trustee G. William Haas, and a word from trustee Jacob Birch on hearing God's voice at a youth conference in Saskatchewan.

Spirit matters

Rx: two psalms four times daily

By Melinda R. Heppe

Living Prayer
It's one thing to heed Paul's admonition to “pray without ceasing,” but when do you start? How does your board support its members in their life in prayer?

Balance sheet

Investment uncertainty tests theology

By Tracy Schier

Coming About
Financially, it’s been rough out there. Like those early sailors on the Sea of Galilee, today's seminary leaders need to know when to head into the waves, when to tack, and how to trim the sails for prevailing winds. How is your school weathering the economic storm?

Perspective

What seminaries need in a president

By William J. Carl III

Here’s Help
What do you look for in a presidential candidate? What should you look for? Does your theology inform your methodology in the discernment process?

Changing scenes

Canadian chancellors ponder proposal

By Bob Bettson

Canadian Resolution?
Anglicans may have found the formula rescuing them from looming bankruptcies. Also, several schools seek to deflect march to war.

Figures of speech

Ichabod or Ebenezer? a gospel query

By James A. Wharton

Raise My What?
Out of the brutal warfare between the Hebrews and the Philistines emerges a message of God’s presence among us and abiding love for us, on God’s terms, not ours. The author preached this sermon in somewhat longer form on October 1, 2002, at the celebration of the centennial of the founding of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. What are the signs of God’s grace in your school’s past?

Books

A New Religious America: How a “Christian Country” Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation

A review

Title: A New Religious America: How a “Christian Country” Has Become the World's Most Religiously Diverse Nation
Author: Diana Eck
Title: HarperSan Francisco

Books

Evangelical expos?

A review of Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America

Title: Evangelicals and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Author: Paul Freston
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Books

Choices examined

A review of Evensong

Title: Evensong
Author: Gail Godwin
Publisher: Ballantine

Books

Give them that ol' time religion

A review of The New Faithful

Title: The New Faithful
Author: Colleen Carroll
Publisher: Loyola Press

Books

The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

A review

Title: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity
Author: Philip Jenkins
Publisher: Oxford

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