Daniel O. Aleshire
Autor/a de Faithcare Ministering to All God's People Through the Ages of Life
Sobre l'autor
Daniel O. Aleshire served as executive director of the Association of Theological Schools from 1998 to 2017. His other books include Being There: Culture and Formation in Two Theological Schools and Earthen Vessels: Hopeful Reflections on the Work and Future of Theological Schools.
Obres de Daniel O. Aleshire
Earthen Vessels: Hopeful Reflections on the Work and Future of Theological Schools (2008) 42 exemplars
Beyond Profession: The Next Future of Theological Education (Theological Education between the Times) (2021) 20 exemplars
Theological Education, Vol. 38, Number 2, 2002 1 exemplars
Theological Education, Vol. 39, Number 1, 2003 1 exemplars
Theological Education, Vol. 40, Number 1, 2004 1 exemplars
Theological Education, Vol. 44, Number 2, 2009 1 exemplars
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The book begins and ends by making a strong case for the future of theological schools--both that they should have a future and that they will. Aleshire makes this case by pointing to how their function of preparing theologically wise leaders for communities of faith is particularly crucial in a time of rapid multidimensional change when the
kind of wisdom schools can foster is at a premium. He then goes on to show that these schools--precisely as schools--have great capacities for imagining and effecting profound changes in their own life and work. In the three middle chapters Aleshire provides a short course on issues facing theological schools, reflecting concretely and practically on the current challenges and possibilities for their work in the arenas of learning, teaching, research, administration and governance.
What this adds up to is a orienting meditation on the biggest questions and issues currently facing every theological school and everyone who cares about them, whether faculty, students, administrators, board members, church leaders, or those who simply have a thirst for faith's wisdom.… (més)