The Scope of Our Art: The Vocation of the Theological Teacher - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080284958X ISBN 13: 9780802849588

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source, 2001

Synopsis

In The Scope of Our Art a diverse group of theological teachers explores the spiritual dimensions of their vocation as religious educators. Drawing on a rich array of resources, including Scripture, The Rule of St.Benedict, medieval women mystics, the Methodist theologian Georgia Harkness, and Simone Weil, as well as their own teaching experiences, the contributors discuss the vital relationships between academic and spiritual formation, religious commitments and teaching practices, and individual and institutional vocation. Contributors: Michael Battle W. Clark Gilpin Paul J. Griffiths L. Gregory Jones Rosemary Skinner Keller Lois Malcolm Claire Mathews McGinnis Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Frederick Norris Stephanie Paulsell Phillis Sheppard Susan Simonaitis Gordon T. Smith Leanne Van Dyk Paul Wadell

About this title

About the Author:

The Reverend Dr. L. Gregory Jones is Dean and Professor of Theology at Duke University Divinity School. A noted scholar, teacher, and church leader, he is the author or editor of eleven books, including the acclaimed Embodying Forgiveness. He writes a regular column, Faith Matters, for The Christian Century, for which he is also an editor-at-large. He and his wife, the Reverend Susan Pendleton Jones, have three children: Nathan, Ben, and Sarah, they live in North Carolina.

Stephanie Paulsell is Houghton Professor of the Practice of Ministry Studies at Harvard Divinity School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans-Lightning Source
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 080284958X
• ISBN 13: 9780802849588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276
• Editor: Jones Mr. Gregory L., Paulsell Mrs. Stephanie