http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/932 Christian Education at its best! Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:55:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/932#comment-10315 Dan Bagby Fri, 06 Jun 2008 04:13:46 +0000 http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/932#comment-10315 In my opinion, the contribution--and necessity--of a Bachelor's degree is its wider foundational perspective--upon which an MDiv is built. I am an advocate--with few exceptions--of a liberal arts education at the college level--not a major in Religion--for future MDiv. students. The combination, then, at the MDiv level, of "theory"--knowledge--and praxis--practice--needs to be an interweaving of both facets of preparation for the minister of today--and tomorrow--in my opinion. I agree that the MDiv degree will not soon disappear--but that creative ways of better equipping a seminarian in a global, technology-rich world--is essential. What do you think? DB In my opinion, the contribution–and necessity–of a Bachelor’s degree is its wider foundational perspective–upon which an MDiv is built. I am an advocate–with few exceptions–of a liberal arts education at the college level–not a major in Religion–for future MDiv. students. The combination, then, at the MDiv level, of “theory”–knowledge–and praxis–practice–needs to be an interweaving of both facets of preparation for the minister of today–and tomorrow–in my opinion. I agree that the MDiv degree will not soon disappear–but that creative ways of better equipping a seminarian in a global, technology-rich world–is essential. What do you think? DB

]]> http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/932#comment-9134 D. P. Thu, 01 May 2008 12:51:52 +0000 http://grace-ed.org/blog/archives/932#comment-9134 This is a very important insight: we need both structure and freedom, but we have to learn the structure first. I wonder how this should translate into how ministerial education is organized in the future. Should we expect to get the structure at the B.A. level and then be 'liberated" at the M.Div level? But what about those who enter seminaries with a non-religion major from college? Is it possible to provide both the rules and the innovation in a three-year M.Div. program? If not, can we expect most ministers to take full advantage of continuing education opportunities? Lots to think about here. Thank you! This is a very important insight: we need both structure and freedom, but we have to learn the structure first. I wonder how this should translate into how ministerial education is organized in the future. Should we expect to get the structure at the B.A. level and then be ‘liberated” at the M.Div level? But what about those who enter seminaries with a non-religion major from college? Is it possible to provide both the rules and the innovation in a three-year M.Div. program? If not, can we expect most ministers to take full advantage of continuing education opportunities? Lots to think about here. Thank you!

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