As our Symposium on the Future of Seminary Education enters its fourth week here at Patheos, we continue to add compelling perspectives from a variety of voices on the future of theological education. If you haven’t seen these new pieces by some of our favorite scholars and bloggers, I encourage you to check them out, and join the conversation with a comment or two:
Monica Coleman: Seminary Education for People Like Me
What if theological schools were to focus on how to share Christianity with as many interested people as possible?
Tony Jones: The Future of Seminary: Free?
Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary made news last week, when they announced that beginning in 2015, they won’t be charging tuition anymore. Interesting, don’t you think? I imagine that LPTS will suddenly become a very competitive place to get in to in 2015, which will inevitably raise the competency of of the student body.
Brian McLaren: Seminary Is Not the Problem — The Church Is
What if seminaries became more like entrepreneurial boot camps than shop management schools?
Bruce Reyes-Chow: If I Were the Mayor of Seminarytown-ville
When it comes to many seminaries, especially those from the mainline denominations, the rapid pace of change makes getting ahead of the curve difficult. I offer just a few of the culture shifts that I would focus on, you know, if I were Mayor.
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