Sárospataki Füzetek 1. (1997)
1997 / 1. szám - Alan P. F. Sell: Conservation and Exploration in Christian Theology. (Hagyományőrzés és új utak keresése a keresztyén theológiában. - Fordította: Rácsok Gabriella)
entire approack lo tkeir ministry. If tliey Jo not see all of ike activities of ike ckurck in a tkeological perspective, kow will tkey ke akle lo kelp ike ckurck memkers to view matters in tkis ligkl? It is question of ike presuppositions and motivations of mission and service. It is a question wkal we preack on Sundays, of kow we leack ike young, of wkal we say lo ike dying and lo ike kereaved. Wkal preparation ougkl suck persons lo receive? Most people would agree lkat tkere are certain tilings akoul wkick prospective ministers ougkl lo ke informed. Indeed, one of our current proklems in tkeological education is ike rapid increase during tkis century of possikle sukjecls of study. We kave traditionally valued kiklical. kislorical. tkeological and pastoral studies: kul kefore our eyes kave klossomed psyckology of religion, sociology of religion, world religions, ecumenical studies, liturgical studies. Ckristian education, ckurck administration, courses on spirituality, ckurck growlk and missions: and pastoral counselling kas kecome a veritakle industry in some quarters. Not surprisingly, tkere are urgent questions lo ke addressed concerning core disciplines. Wkal are ike disciplines wkick every pastor needs? If we try to leack loo many tkings. will we not end up witk more and more surveys and outlines . and less and less progression and deptk in our tkeological educa lion? Are we lo inoculate students for life against learning, ky giving tkem suck small quantities of tkis and lkat lkat tkey never see ike point of any of it? If not. wkal are ike implications for required, prokationary in-service training following a core course? HAGYOMÁNYŐRZÉS ES ÚJ UTAK KERESÉSE A KERESZTYEN T11EOLÓGIRAN In addition lo ike mailer of information, tkere is lkat of formation. Is tkere a skarp line lo ke drawn kelween sukjecls wkick are informative and tkose wkick are formative, kelween ike so-called academic sukjecls an d Ike so-called practical ones? I do not tkink so. Tkere is in most sukjecls. wkelker linguistic or pkilosopkical. a certain kasic grind of grammar or terminology or ike maslery of leckniques kefore real progress can ke made. But at tkeir kest tke several sukjecls skou Id kolk inform and form. Tke first iking akout pastoral tkeology. for example, is lkat it is tkeology: and as for 87
