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Emory University\u2019s Candler School of Theology<\/a> has received a $460,000 grant from Lilly Endowment to lead a study of the purposes of theological education in a time of significant change. \u201cTheological Education Between the Times: Consultations on the Meanings and Purposes of Theological Education\u201d will convene diverse groups of theological educators to reflect on the nature of theological education. Ted A. Smith<\/a>, associate professor of preaching and ethics at Candler, will direct the project.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn the last few years it seems that every month has brought news of dramatic change at some theological school,\u201d says Smith. \u201cDecisions about faculty hiring and promotion are opening old questions about the mission of a school. New degrees are being created to respond to changing patterns of ministry and identity. Financial difficulties are closing some schools and forcing drastic cuts at others. At the same time, new kinds of institutions are sprouting up all over.\u201d<\/p>\n

These new realities signal one way we are \u201cbetween times\u201d in theological education, but it\u2019s not the only way, says Smith.<\/p>\n

A renewed vision needed<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cNot only are we moving from one institutional configuration to another\u2014or to multiple others\u2014but we are also \u2018between times\u2019 on a deeper level. Christians see the present age as a time \u2018between the times\u2019 of the resurrection of Jesus and the fullness of redemption,\u201d says Smith. \u201cWhen you think of history like this, another dimension starts to come into view,\u201d he says. \u201cThe changes of the present moment are never less than institutional shifts that demand historical and sociological analysis. But they are always more. And so the times require theological discernment, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Smith, the project\u2019s goal is to initiate conversations that deepen and renew visions for theological education.<\/p>\n

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