Description
This volume presents the papers from the biennial SCD Learning and Teaching Theology Conference held in 2017. It addresses the theme of research-led teaching.
- ISBN-10: 9781925730029
- ISBN-13: 978-1925730029
- ASIN: 1925730026
Introduction
1 Wondering about God: The Conversation Continues. Les Ball ix
Part 1: The Role of Research in Theological Education
2 Remembering the Future: The Contribution of Historical Research to Innovation in Theological Education. Andrew Dutney 1
3 Reflections on the Practice of Research-Led Teaching in a Small College Context. Willis Salier 19
4 Moving from Instruction to Inquiry: How Complexity Theory Informs Work-Integrated Learning. Stephen Smith 35
5 Reflections on the Experience of Wonder in Research-Led Learning—in Company with Nietzsche and Girard. Nikolai Blaskow 52
6 ‘Unite the Pair So Long Disjoined, Knowledge and Vital Piety’: What is the Role of Research in This Process? David McEwan 71
7 Researching the Future: the Implications of Activist Research for Theological Scholarship in Teaching and Learning. Steve Taylor and Rosemary Dewerse 87
Part 2: The Telos of Theological Education
8 ‘To Take You Where You Do Not Wish To Go’: Extending the Telos of Online Theological Education —The ‘Who’ of the Teacher Who Teaches. Peter Mudge and Dan Fleming 106
9 ‘To Take You Where You Do Not Wish To Go’: Extending the Telos of Online Theological Education—The ‘What’ of the Institution That Teaches. Peter Mudge and Dan Fleming 123
10 Vision for The Good Life. Bruce Hulme 140
11 Education, Ministry and the New Covenant. Peter Carblis 162
Part 3: Academic Freedom in Theological Education
12 Academic Freedom in the Thought-Policed University: Challenges for Christian Educators Today. Barry Spurr 189
13 Exploring the Nexus between Academic Freedom and Ecclesial Expectations. Dean Smith and Rob Fringer 203
14 The Perils of Academic Freedom: the Australian College of Theology as an Australian University of Specialisation. Geoff Treloar 220
Part 4: Pedagogical Approaches to Deep Learning
15 Windows, Mirrors and Icons as Ways into the Context, Content and Call of Sacred Narratives. Debra Snoddy 237
16 In My Father’s House: the Place of Wonder in Proverbs’ Vision of Education. A. J. Culp 254
17 Text and Interpretation: from Classical Music to Biblical Studies. Sarah Hart 270
18 The Pedagogy of Biblical Fiction: Where Research and Creativity Collide. Ben Chenoweth 284
19 Is the God of the Bible an Ugly Bully? Helping Bible Students Come to Terms with Violence in the Biblical Text. Andrew Jaensch 303
20 An Approach for Deep Theological Learning in Research Methodologies. Denise Goodwin 317
21 The Relational Teacher: Sharing Life as Vocational Essence. Darren Cronshaw 338
22 Deep Learning from a Shallow Surface? Encouraging Good Research in the Internet Age. Peter Bolt 352
23 Making Good Practice Affordable: Understanding your Students with Learning Analytics. Martin Olmos 373
24 Theological Education in Context: Exploring the Delivery of Theological Education in a Multi-Cultural Setting. Bruce Allder 393
25 Integrating Theology in a Questioning Age. Les Ball 410
26 Curiosity and Doubt in Researching the Future: The Contribution of Flipped Learning to Sociality in Theological Innovation. Steve Taylor and Rosemary Dewerse 426
Epilogue Peter Bolt 453
