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Theological Education
Our Work with Theological Education Support for teaching in theological education is at the heart of the Wabash Center Mission Colloquy for ATS Deans Collaborative, peer-to-peer learning that builds a network of collegial support and expands understanding of the work of academic administration that supports student learning in theological education. ...

2009 Online Theological Education
2009 Conference Reflecting on the Pedagogy of Online Theological Education 
Dates October 9-11, 2009 - IUPUI Indianapolis, IN 
Leadership Team Mary Hess, Luther Seminary Richard Nysse, Luther Seminary Dan Ulrich, Bethany Theological Seminary Nadine Pence, Wabash Center Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center Paul Myhre, Wabash Center 
   From 2006 through 2008 82 faculty members from 66 theological ...

2001-02 History of Christianity
2001-02 Colloquy on Teaching the History of Christianity 
Dates May 22-26, 2001- First Session at Wabash College May 29-June 2, 2002 - Second Session at Wabash College 
Leadership Team Mark Noll, Wheaton College Grant Wacker, Duke University Raymond B. Williams, Wabash Center 
 Front Row (left to right): Daniel Ramirez (Duke Divinity School), ...

Professors of Religious Education
1998 Consultation of Professors of Religious Education 
Dates October 30 - November 1, 1998 at Wabash College 
Leadership/Staff: Charles Foster, Candler School of Theology Lucinda Huffaker, Wabash Center For Teaching & Learning In Theology & Religion 
 Summary Eighteen professors of religious education met at Wabash College from October 30-November 1, 1998, to reflect on their ...

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Ten Tips (and Hard Truths) for New Teachers in Theological Education
It is intimidating to write this blog because I am by no means an expert who has all the answers to the toughest questions about teaching in theological education. But I do want to offer these tips and hard truths. Some of what I share is a distillation of wise ...

Does Theological Education for Purple Churches Require a Purple Seminary?
I think every theological educator asks themselves some form of the following question: What is the raison d’être for my teaching? Sometimes this reflection manifests in a functional way amid the immediacy of constructing a syllabus as we interrogate our learning objectives. But there are also moments where we ...

Theological Education is Due for a Reckoning
In 1850, Harriet Beecher Stowe began writing a story about slavery. Stowe’s father, Lyman Beecher, was a pastor of Presbyterian and Congregational congregations in New York and Connecticut before moving with his family to Cincinnati, Ohio, to serve as president of Lane Seminary, a Presbyterian institution, in 1832. As a young ...

Music as a Way to Build Bridges in Religious Education
During my teaching experience in Zambia, music became an important part of the day-to-day life of my students’ coursework. When I first asked the students to share about things they valued from their own culture, one of the elements they mentioned was their love for music. As I was to ...

The Mere Beauty of the Quran: Listening in on the Quran in Liberal Arts Education
When asked, “What was Muhammad’s moral character like?” Aisha replied: “His moral character was the Quran.” Students encounter this hadith at two moments in the introductory course to the study of Islam. The first is when students meet the Prophet Muhammad through hadith literature, the written record of sayings ...

Spiritual Ecology

Early Mahayana Texts
A 2011 course by Ken Brashier at Reed College "endeavors to offer Buddhist answers to the biggest questions."

Youth and Family Ministry in the Immigrant Church
A 2012 course by Vincent Poon at Tyndale Seminary "designed for those leaders who work with families in the immigrant church setting."

Cultural Anthropology
A 2017 course by Lisa Hoff at Gateway Seminary provides an "introduction to cultural anthropology"

Faith and Finances
A course by Gary Hoag pitched at multiple levels of higher education analyzes Christian perspectives on money and stewardship.

Generative Congregations for Theological Field Education
Support for a project that seeks to identify critical qualities of teaching congregations that distinguish them as generative centers for theological field education.

Teaching and Learning toward Eco-Justice: Where Sustainability and Social Justice Meet in Theological Education
Funding will support the development of a three-day consultation exploring the pedagogical problems and possibilities that accompany theological education that connects ecology and social justice. This consultation will gather, from around the nation, ten professors in graduate level theological education who teach “ecology and theological studies” and who desire to ...

Congregational Studies: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Contextualize Teaching in Theological Education
Support for a study leave project that concerns the intersections between congregational studies and teaching-learning in theological education. The purpose of the project is to explore the use of congregational studies as an important and valuable tool for teaching and learning across the disciplines in theological education, contributing to a ...

Teaching Faith and Diversity: How a Jesuit University Approaches Conflicting Religious Traditions in Islam and Christianity
Support for a project to focus on the following goals: 1) Develop an enhanced model of teaching religion that includes rhetorical training, providing Fairfield undergraduates with the experience and the tools to engage in religious dialogue focused on different social issues; 2) Research and evaluate the teaching methodology used for the designated ...

Ministry Formation in Jewishly-Grounded, Seminary-Based Clinical Pastoral Education
The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) now requires all rabbinical students to complete units of Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE). Our Center for Pastoral Education is unique in that it operates in a multi-faith context (open to seminarians and clergy of all faiths) and, whereas most CPE programs are situated in hospitals, ...

Student Motivation and Quality of Life in Higher Education
Student Motivation and Quality of Life in Higher Education provides readers a constructive overview of the relationship between student motivation and quality of life (QOL) in higher education. In five parts comprising twenty-three chapters, the book presents a wide range of topics and emphases. Part I, “Student perspectives,” offers two ...

From Vocational to Professional Education: Educating For Social Welfare
It is not often that edited volumes dedicated to teaching and learning are so easily able to cross the Atlantic. Happily, conference activity funded by the Research Council of Norway provided opportunity for Molly Sutphen of the University of North Carolina and Jens-Christian Smeby of Oslo and Akershus University College ...

Building Catholic Higher Education: Unofficial Reflections from the University of Notre Dame
In this slim volume, Christian Smith, a sociologist of religion on the faculty of the University of Notre Dame, takes on a pivotal question for the future of Catholic higher education: faculty engagement with Catholic intellectual tradition. Exploring the convergence of Notre Dame’s three strategic goals – to provide an ...

Games and Education: Designs in and for Learning
We live in a time of educational transformations towards more 21st century pedagogies and learning. In the digital age children and young people need to learn critical thinking, creativity and innovation and the ability to solve complex problems and challenges. Traditional pedagogies are in crisis and many pupils experience school ...

Learning, Development and Education: From Learning Theory to Education and Practice
There can be no question that understanding (implicit or explicit) learning theory undergirds effective teaching. This is especially true when instructional topics become confusing or diverge from the common experience of students. Many of the topics students encounter as they study theology and religion fall into this category, and it ...