The State of Theological Education in Central and East European Universities

Challenges and Prospects in View of Secularization and Globalization

Nikolaos Asproulis, Natallia Vasilevich (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

328 Seiten

2024
Brill (Verlag)
9789004702738 (ISBN)

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Through a geographic spread that surveys theological education in Central and East Europe, this volume provides a local glimpse into the state of theological education but also global reflection on the state and scope of theological education as a type of Christian mission and witness in light of secularization and globalization under the conditions of late modernity.

Nikolaos Asproulis, Ph.D. (2016), Volos Academy for Theological Studies, is deputy director at the Academy. He has published monographs, essays, articles and edited volumes on Eastern Orthodoxy, including, (co-edited with John Chryssavgis) Priests of Creation: John Zizioulas on Discerning an Ecological Ethos T&T Clark, London-New York, 2021 Natallia Vasilevich, Ph.D. candidate (2024), University of Bonn, is a doctoral student at the Department of Philosophy and Theory of Religions of that university. She is a member of the Ecumenical Education Formation Commission of the World Council of Churches. She is an editor-in-chief of Belarusian theological journal “Zbożża”.

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Introduction: Does Theological Education Still Matter?

Nikolaos Asproulis and Natallia Vasilevich

Part 1: Ecumenical Perspectives

1 Ecumenical Theological Education as a Strategic Priority for World Christianity in the 21st Century

Dietrich Werner

2 A Next TIER: Interdisciplinarity in Theological Identity / Education / Research (TIER) in a Post-secular Age

Christo Lombaard

3 Theosis and Theological Literacy: Identity Formation and Teaching Theology for Undergraduates

Aristotle Papanikolaou

Part 2: Contextual Perspectives 1: the Baltic Region

4 Challenges for Theological Education in Latvia

Laima Geikina

5 The History and Future of Theological Studies in Lithuania

Gintaras Sungaila

Part 3: Contextual Perspectives 2: Central Europe

6 Theological Education in the Czech Republic

Martin Vaňáč, Petr Jandejsek and Ivana Noble

7 Eastern Orthodox Theological Education in Slovakia

Václav Ježek

Part 4: Contextual Perspectives 3: East Europe

8 Theological Education in Belarus: between Church, State, and Academia

Natallia Vasilevich

9 The Problems of Theological Education in Russia: Church, State, University

Vladimir Khulap

10 The Condition of Theological Education in Ukraine

Vitaliy Khromets

11 Orthodox Theological Education in Post-communist Romania: Structures, Discourses and a Local Profile

Ionuţ Daniel Băncilă

Part 5: Contextual Perspectives 4: the Balkan Region

12 The Forest Paths of Orthodoxy and Orthodox Theology in Serbia

Davor Džalto

13 New Challenges in Religious Teacher Education in Greek Schools of Theology

Marios Koukounaras Liagkis

14 A Reflective Evaluation of Bulgarian Theological Education: Missiological and Theological Considerations on the Present and the Future

Viktor Kostov

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Erscheinungsdatum	12.03.2025
Reihe/Serie	Studies in Theology and Religion ; 33
Verlagsort	Leiden
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Gewicht	673 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
ISBN-13	9789004702738 / 9789004702738
Zustand	Neuware