Theologia: The Fragmentation and Unity of Theological Education

Author: Farley, Edward
Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, Eugene, OR
ISBN: 9781579105716
Table of Contents: Preface

ch. 1 Introduction The Travail of the Theological School
Divinity, Scholarship, and Profession
Faith and Institution
Ratio Studiorum
The Reform of Theological Education

Part 1 - The Displacement of Theologia: A Study In The History of Presuppositions
ch. 2 Theologia: The History of a Concept
The Early Christian Centuries
From the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment
From the Enlightenment to the Present

ch. 3 From "The Study of Theology" to Theological Encyclopedia
The Post-Reformation Study-of-Theology Literature
Pre-Modern Anticipation of Change
The Eighteenth-Century Background of the Theological Encyclopedia Movement

ch. 4 Schleiermacher and the Beginning of the Encyclopedic Movement
The Earliest Theological Encyclopedias
Friedrich Schleiermacher's Brief Outline of Theological Study

ch. 5 The Triumph of the Fourfold Pattern
Theological Encyclopedia After Schleiermacher
Nineteenth-Century Modifications of the Fourfold Pattern
The Demise of the Encyclopedic Issue in the Twentieth Century
The Fourfold Pattern in North American Theological Education

Part 2 - Issues and Elements For A Reform-Oriented Conversation
ch. 6 A Critique of the Fourfold Pattern
The Fourfold Pattern and the Clerical Paradigm in Contemporary Theological Education
The Formal Character of the Fourfold Pattern
The Effects of Fragmentation on the Catalogue Fields

ch. 7 The Recovery of Theologia
A Basic Distinction
Toward a Geography of Theologia
Theologia Beyond the Way of Authority
The Structure and Dialectic of Theological Understanding

ch. 8 Theologia in Clergy Education
The Theologia of Church Leadership
The Effect of Theologia on the Course of Study
Three Criteria for Clergy Education
Theologia in the Church and in the University

Index

Farley points to a series of developments in theological education which have led to the loss of a defining theological vision. Theology used to be, and still ought to be "not just objective science, but a personal knowledge of God and the things of God." (From the Publisher)