The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia : 2002 Seminar
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A Tale of Three Trips
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In a seminary far, far away (or at least in an urban center with a love of cheese steaks between New York City and Washington, D.C.), three different groups set off to see the church and the world beyond its cloistered walls. One group set its sights on Central America and life in post-war El Salvador. Another piled into cars and drove south to discover the forgotten world of the Gulla culture in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A third flew to Guyana.
The seminary’s catalog expressed the faculty’s expectations for such trips. They comprised an important aspect of theological education; they fit into the overall vision of the institution. The curriculum and its drafters intended “globalization” to open students up to the variety of cultures and theologies found in churches throughout the world. These trips were to be excellent opportunities to explore the interface between faith, theology and society—the interface that provides Christianity with its public expression. Sometimes the trips seemed to accomplish these lofty goals, but sometimes they did not...
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A Tale of Three Trips
{excerpt}
In a seminary far, far away (or at least in an urban center with a love of cheese steaks between New York City and Washington, D.C.), three different groups set off to see the church and the world beyond its cloistered walls. One group set its sights on Central America and life in post-war El Salvador. Another piled into cars and drove south to discover the forgotten world of the Gulla culture in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. A third flew to Guyana.
The seminary’s catalog expressed the faculty’s expectations for such trips. They comprised an important aspect of theological education; they fit into the overall vision of the institution. The curriculum and its drafters intended “globalization” to open students up to the variety of cultures and theologies found in churches throughout the world. These trips were to be excellent opportunities to explore the interface between faith, theology and society—the interface that provides Christianity with its public expression. Sometimes the trips seemed to accomplish these lofty goals, but sometimes they did not...
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