Formational Theological Education—Part 2: The Competency of the FolkPosted on October 13, 2014 by Timothy SnyderWe learn in our bodies, in concrete situations. We learn from our built-environments and the constructed social contexts which surround us. In theological education, the turn to CPE and field or contextual education have brought these pedagogical realities to the foreground.If it is the case that theological education shifts as models of ministry shift (and that seems to hold from my reading of history), then such learning in ministry ought to become the “research and development” arm of our seminaries and theological schools….
Formational Theological Education—Part 1: Troubling a MetaphorPosted on September 30, 2014 by Timothy SnyderChange is coming to theological education….In the future, one of the great elements of teaching will be tending not only to the knowledge our students need, but also competency and character-based practices. Pedagogy, curriculum and technological innovation can support this shift, but it seems to me that at its heart is a shift of vocational understanding for theological educators….
Bodies, Place, and Role-Playing…Oh My.Posted on January 14, 2014 by Timothy SnyderIf there is one thing that really gets theologians and scholars of religions going, its a good text.Many of us spend much of our scholarly lives immersed in them, whether it be biblical texts of the voluminous writings of the historians and systematic theologians. Practices of reading and writing are so ubiquitous in theological and religious studies that scholars must often speak in “textual” language, even when such language meets its limitations. . . .