{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"ItemList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Crisis in the church : the plight of theological education \/ John H. Leith.","author":"Leith, John H.","isbn":"0664257003","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Westminster John Knox Press,"},"datePublished":"1997","inLanguage":"English","description":"1. The Crisis -- 2. The Boundaries of Christian Faith -- 3. Teaching the Church's Faith -- 4. Teaching Church Practice -- 5. On Choosing a Seminary Professor -- 6. The Moral Use of Endowments -- 7. Seminary Constituencies and Boards -- 8. The Recruitment of Students. \r\n \tAbstract\t\"Drawing on his wealth of experience as both a seminary professor and minister, John Leith identifies and confronts the contemporary crisis in theological education. He argues that the crisis in the seminaries is interwoven with the crisis in the church, and that the secularization of educational institutions has led seminaries to move away from their primary responsibility - preparing pastors for ministry.\"--Back cover.\n\nPublished in: Louisville, Ky.\n\nPhysical description: xiii, 125 pages ; 22 cm","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"J.I. Packer : a biography \/ Alister McGrath.","author":"McGrath, Alister E.","isbn":"0801011574","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Baker Books"},"datePublished":"1997","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents: \t1. The schoolboy: 1927-44 -- Early family life -- The accident of 1933 -- The typewriter -- Early religious views -- Encounter with C.S. Lewis -- Preparing for Oxford University -- 2. Oxford: Corpus Christi College, 1944-8 -- The OICCU -- The conversion -- Misgivings over 'Victorious Living' -- Discovering the Puritans -- Academic success.\r\n3. London: Oak Hill College, 1948-9 -- Reflecting on ministry -- The selection process -- The Church of England in the late 1940s -- Tutor at Oak Hill College -- 4. Oxford: Wycliffe Hall, 1949-52 -- Wycliffe Hall -- Theological studies, 1949-50 -- Doctoral research, 1950-2 -- The founder of the Puritan Studies Conferences -- Packer and the Puritans.\r\n5. Birmingham: St. John's, Harborne, 1952-4 -- Packer the curate -- Marriage to Kit, 1954 -- 6. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1955-61 -- Tyndale Hall -- The attack on Keswick -- 'Fundamentalism' and the Word of God (1958) -- Evangelism and the sovereignty of God (1961) -- Where next?\r\n7. Oxford: Latimer House, 1961-70 -- The origins of Latimer House -- The warden -- Packer's critique of the radical theology of the 1960s -- The theological consolidation of evangelicalism -- The redefining of English evangelicalism: The crisis of 1966 -- The National Evangelical Anglican Congress, 1967 -- The decision to leave Oxford -- 8. Bristol: Tyndale Hall, 1970-2 -- Tyndale and Clifton: The failed merger of 1968-9 -- The new principal of Tyndale Hall -- The reorganization of theological education -- The break with Martyn Lloyd-Jones, 1970 -- A new crisis: The end of Tyndale Hall? -- The birth of Trinity College.\r\n9. Bristol: Trinity College, 1972-9 -- Packer as a theological teacher -- Knowing God: The origins and anatomy of a classic -- The 'Battle for the Bible' -- The Tyndale Lecture: Packer on the Atonement -- Renewed controversy: Christian Believing -- The Nottingham Event: NEAC 2 -- The decision to leave England -- 10. Vancouver, BC: Regent College, 1979-96 -- The origins of Regent College -- The background to Packer's appointment -- Professor of theology at Regent College -- The importance of tradition for evangelicals -- Theology and spirituality -- The debate over universalism and conditional immortality -- Evangelicals and Catholics together -- Canadian Anglicanism: Essentials 94 -- Conclusion -- James I. Packer: An assessment.\n\nPublished in: Grand Rapids, Mich.\n\nPhysical description: xii, 340 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"The purpose of the church and its ministry : reflections on the aims of theological education \/ H. Richard Niebuhr ; In collaboration with Daniel Day Williams and James M. Gusfafson.","author":"Niebuhr, H. Richard","isbn":null,"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Harper & Brothers"},"datePublished":"1956","inLanguage":"English","description":"Published in: New York\n\nPhysical description: 134 p. ; 20 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Book","name":"Theological education in Africa : quo vadimus? \/ edited by J.S. Pobee and J.N. Kudadjie.","author":"Pobee, J. S.; Kudadjie, J. N.","isbn":"9964781717","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"World Council of Churches"},"datePublished":"1990","inLanguage":"English","description":"Contents:\tWalter K. Makhulu -- What church, what priethood for Africa? \/ Peter K. Sarpong -- Perspectives from African Christian independency \/ Marie-Louise Martin -- Ambrose M. Moyo -- The bishop and theologians \/ John Macquarrie -- John S. Pobee -- Alternative patterns of theological education \/ -- Theological education by extension : a case study of Botswana Theological Training Programme \/ Basil Manning -- Theological education for women in Roman Catholic Church : the Kenyan case -- Muslims and Christians in Africa \/ Rabiatu Ammah -- Interfaith dialogue and ministerial formation \/ Stuart E. Brown -- Funding of theological education \/ Lothar Engel -- A.B.T. Byaruhananga-Akiiki [i.e. Byaruhanga-Akiiki], Michael Bame Bame -- Ambrose M. Moyo, John S. Pobee -- Esther Moraa, Casely B. Essamauah. \r\n\r\nOther Notes: \tIncludes bibliographical references.\n\nPublished in: Geneva & Accra\n\nPhysical description: viii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.","bookEdition":null,"offers":{"@type":"Offer","availability":"https:\/\/schema.org\/OutOfStock"}}}]}