Hi Billy, On May 2, 2012, at 10:44 PM, [email protected] wrote:
> Ernie : > You're very "pastoral." NOT a criticism, being a pastor is --in some ways-- > a lot of grief, it is demanding, and --certainly for the most conscientious-- > I don't know how they do it. Yes. On all counts. I am explicitly arguing for pastoral model of theological training, versus an academic model. Even for non-pastors. > OTOH, there are seminarians who never become pastors and > go on to become scholars of various kinds, or go into publications or media, > and so forth. Should be a place for them, don't you think so ? The short answer is that there will be a place for purely academic seminaries, much like there is still a place for monasteries in the modern world: on the fringes, for eccentrics and specialists. Kinda like the Santa Fe Institute. :-) Most normal humans would be better able to get world-class theological training in the context of a local (or regional) church community, where it is intimately tied to practice, community, and compassion. IMHO this would lead to far better scholarship, not to much richer publications and media. Very few folks need (or even bother with) direct access to the original printed books (and scrolls :-). For everyone else, electronic distribution destroys the need for information centralization that created seminaries in the first place. -- Ernie P. > > > Billy > > ------------------------------- > > > > > 5/2/2012 10:00:25 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] > writes: > Hi David, > > Sent from my iPhone > > On May 2, 2012, at 21:32, "David R. Block" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > How does one take the denominationalism OUT of the seminaries?? Or is such > > even desirable or possible?? > > You missed the part where I destroy seminaries. :-) > > Instead of a 2-3 year extraction to create academic professional clergy, I > want pastors to be trained and mentored as part of a living church. Less > sitting in class, more direct supervision of field work. > > And yes, this would disrupt national denominations in favor of > semi-autonomous regional networks that may well span traditional > denominational boundaries. > > E > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
