Borderlands of Theological Education

This book outlines a history and a new vision of the church as the primary location of ministerial formation for the future of theological education.

Traditional patterns of educating and training clergy face not only crises of increasing cost and declining enrollment, but also a crisis of identity, since at present it is the academy, not the church, that shapes formation for ministry. This collection of essays outlines a history and a new vision of the church as the primary location of ministerial formation for the future of theological education.

1.“In This Interregnum, a Great Variety of Morbid Symptoms Appear”: Seminaries and Local Formation in This Crucial Moment for Theological Education

Joshua B. Davis

2.The End of Seminary

Joseph W.H. Lough

3.The Dramatic Shifts in Theological Education: A Grounded Theory Approach

Kelly D. Campbell and Kris Veldheer

4.Hope, Theological Education, and the Boardwalk

Edwin David Aponte

5.Integrity in Seminary Leadership

Katie Day

6.Tending the Landscapes of Theological Education: Planetary Crisis and the Demands of Ecological Transition

Timothy Eberhart