Resources

Opinion. Presents the author's view on his passion for teaching which is beyond the technicalities of teaching. Integrity and identity as the requirements of good teaching; Importance of holding on when a teacher loses heart; Diversity of techniques among individual teachers.

Discusses the historical-critical paradigm in analyzing the New Testament. Gap between the discipline of New Testament studies and its intended purpose; Changing character of student clientele as a challenge to the historical-critical method; Applying sociological methods in theological discussions; Capturing the dimensions of early Christian texts.

Asserts that faculty lack the continuing conversation with colleagues that could help them grow more fully into the demands of the teacher's craft. Possible reasons for the privatization of teaching; Good teaching as more than technique; Topics for talk about good teaching; Ground rules for creative conversation; More.

Journal Issue

The task of theological education is not always clearly understood in the church -- or it is understood in different ways by various constituencies. We invite five seminary professors to reflect on their vocation, especially on its relation to the life of faith in the church and to the church's effort to be faithful to the gospel. We asked them to consider the ways in which they seek to hand on Christian traditions and also the ways in which they seek to provide students with skills to critique aspects of those traditions.

Focuses on the social aspects of college life in the United States. Transformation of students; Transitions' production of changes in students' ways of knowing; Power of ideas; Faculty role; Public self; Multiple and competing commitments.