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Locating US Theological Education In a Global Context: Conversations with American Higher Education
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Theological education in the United States finds itself in untested circumstances today. Rapid social change is creating an increasing multicultural, multiracial, and multireligious context for leadership formation. At the same time, international enrollment, cross-border educational initiatives, student and faculty exchanges, and more are connecting US theological schools with a global community of Christian teaching and learning. How do US theological institutions “locate” themselves within this global ecology of theological formation so as to be both responsible participants and creative shapers within it? That is, how do they discern their proper place and role? It is questions like these that the contributors to this volume explore. Building on the decades-long discussion about the globalization of US theological education, this book argues that, in engaging such questions, US theological institutions have much to gain from a sustained conversation with the burgeoning literature on the internationalization of American higher education. This research offers theological institutions a trove of insights and cautionary tales as they seek to discern their rightful place and role in educating leaders in and for a global Christian church. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Ch. 1. Internationalizing Theological Education? Musings on a Neglected Concept
Ch. 2. Global Politics of Knowledge and US Theological Education: From Globalization to Planetarization
Ch. 3. Globalization and Global Theological Education: Learning to Navigate the World of Creative Destruction
Ch. 4. Globalizing the Campus: Implications for Theological Schools
Ch. 5. Church Affiliation and Higher Education in a Secularizing World: Insights and Questions for Theological Education
Ch. 6. The Glocalization of Theological Education: A Roman Catholic Perspective
Ch. 7. Made in the USA": A Chinese Perspective on US Theological Education in Light of the Chinese Context
Ch. 8. From "Globalization" to Global Awareness and Engagement": Perspectives, Challenges, Futures
Theological education in the United States finds itself in untested circumstances today. Rapid social change is creating an increasing multicultural, multiracial, and multireligious context for leadership formation. At the same time, international enrollment, cross-border educational initiatives, student and faculty exchanges, and more are connecting US theological schools with a global community of Christian teaching and learning. How do US theological institutions “locate” themselves within this global ecology of theological formation so as to be both responsible participants and creative shapers within it? That is, how do they discern their proper place and role? It is questions like these that the contributors to this volume explore. Building on the decades-long discussion about the globalization of US theological education, this book argues that, in engaging such questions, US theological institutions have much to gain from a sustained conversation with the burgeoning literature on the internationalization of American higher education. This research offers theological institutions a trove of insights and cautionary tales as they seek to discern their rightful place and role in educating leaders in and for a global Christian church. (From the Publisher)
Table Of Content:
Ch. 1. Internationalizing Theological Education? Musings on a Neglected Concept
Ch. 2. Global Politics of Knowledge and US Theological Education: From Globalization to Planetarization
Ch. 3. Globalization and Global Theological Education: Learning to Navigate the World of Creative Destruction
Ch. 4. Globalizing the Campus: Implications for Theological Schools
Ch. 5. Church Affiliation and Higher Education in a Secularizing World: Insights and Questions for Theological Education
Ch. 6. The Glocalization of Theological Education: A Roman Catholic Perspective
Ch. 7. Made in the USA": A Chinese Perspective on US Theological Education in Light of the Chinese Context
Ch. 8. From "Globalization" to Global Awareness and Engagement": Perspectives, Challenges, Futures