Liberating and Diversifying Theological Education: A Subversive or Empowering Aspiration?

The article focuses on consequences of the pervasive white, middle-class assumptions of dominant forms of theological education embodied in most theological schools. It mentions national issues related to police brutality and race relations and issues regarding social justice and racial reconciliati...

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Published in:Cross currents
Main Author: Yong, Amos 1965- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: The University of North Carolina Press 2019
In: Cross currents
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Theologian / Training / Diversification in industry
RelBib Classification:CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations
FB Theological education
Further subjects:B Theological Education
B Social Change
B Social Justice
B Theological seminaries
B Race relations
B POLICE brutality
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Summary:The article focuses on consequences of the pervasive white, middle-class assumptions of dominant forms of theological education embodied in most theological schools. It mentions national issues related to police brutality and race relations and issues regarding social justice and racial reconciliation from my Asian American evangelical location. It also mentions faith-rooted organizing, gathering people for social change shaped by the deepest wells of their faith traditions.
ISSN:1939-3881
Contains:Enthalten in: Cross currents
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/cros.12352