Symposium Posts
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February 21, 2010
The Pastor-Theologian as Ecclesial Theologian
I’ve reworked my 2009 Symposium paper in light of feedback received. The paper brings together the content of my Reformation 21 article, with the content of my taxonomy series, and seeks to articulate an understanding of the pastor-theologian that includes the writing of ecclesial theology as as significant factor in the pastor-theologian’s identity.
The intent is to include this paper in an edited volume alongside the other 2009 Pastor-Theologian Symposium papers, so any feedback before publication is welcome. Here’s the introduction followed by a link to a pdf:
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November 9, 2009
Doug Sweeny On the Professor as Researcher and the Pastor as Theologian
At the close of the ‘09 SAET Symposium, our Senior Theological Consultant, Doug Sweeney, offered the following proposal regarding the future relationship between academic scholars and pastor-theologians:
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“We will not always need academic, systematic theologians to do all the heavy theological lifting for God’s people. We are not often explicit about this, but systematic theology, insofar as it is distinguished from biblical, historical, philosophical, psychological, and intercultural theology, is the work … -
October 17, 2009
2009 Symposium Reflections
The 2009 Symposium has come and gone, and now that I’ve had a week to dig myself out of all the missed e-mails and phones messages, I’ve finally found some time to reflect a bit on our time together. The symposium was fantastic on multiple levels – relationally, pastorally, and theologically. It was great to reconnect with some old faces, as well as to meet a few new ones. This was our second …
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