{"title":"Theological proficiency and the formation of Incumbents","authors":"Michaela Hull","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1920","url":null,"abstract":"This paper makes the case for maintaining high standards in professional learning in education for ministry. Central to this, it argues, is the need to partner with reputable higher education institutions in the delivery of quality-assured training in theology and allied disciplines.","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114339595","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Scottish ideal: Lay education and training in the Church of Scotland","authors":"L. Fraser","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1921","url":null,"abstract":"This article argues that in the face of an unprecedented crisis in ministry and mission in the Church of Scotland decisive action is needed in the area of the education and training of its lay members. It examines how the church’s theological and cultural heritage shaped a negative attitude towards lay leadership, and reviews attempts at reform in recent years as well as proposals regarding education and training contained in the Kirk’s current Radical Action Plan.","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"264 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121350193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“In Your Loving is Your Knowing: Elizabeth Templeton – Prophet of Our Times” edited by Peter Matheson and Alastair Hulbert","authors":"Martin Ritchie","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1925","url":null,"abstract":"Review ofPeter Matheson and Alastair Hulbert, eds., In Your Loving is Your Knowing: Elizabeth Templeton – Prophet of Our Times (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019), pp. xxii + 257, ISBN 978-1780275635. £14.99","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123177167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela” by Richard Frazer","authors":"Douglas Galbraith","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1926","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1926","url":null,"abstract":"Review ofRichard Frazer, Travels with a Stick: A Pilgrim’s Journey to Santiago de Compostela (Edinburgh: Birlinn, 2019), pp. 208, ISBN 978-1780275680. £12.99","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122365605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Developing training for pioneer ministry in the Church of Scotland: Reflections on grounding pedagogy and lessons in practice from abroad","authors":"Alexander Forsyth","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1918","url":null,"abstract":"This article focusses on the formation and delivery of training and support for pioneer ministry in the Church of Scotland, by (i) reflecting on recent thinking on the place of theological education in enabling missional vocation; and (ii) presenting three case studies of approaches taken by denominations (in the Netherlands, Germany and Aotearoa New Zealand) which share a similar historical tradition with the Church of Scotland and which have seen similar trajectories of decline.","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123119847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pedagogy for personal transformation: Faith development in the context of a Scottish Baptist College","authors":"Ian Birch, Lina Toth, G. Meiklejohn","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1919","url":null,"abstract":"All three authors serve at the Scottish Baptist College. Rev Dr Ian Birch specialises in historical theology and biblical studies and is the Principal of the College. Rev Dr Lina Toth (Andronoviene) is a practical theologian with a second specialism in history, and is the Assistant Principal. Dr Graham Meiklejohn serves as Lecturer in Theology, with special interest in doctrinal and practical theology.","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"2013 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127434202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“Character and Virtue in Global Theological Education: An Academic Epistolary Novel” by Marvin Oxenham","authors":"Craig Meek","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1923","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1923","url":null,"abstract":"Review ofMarvin Oxenham, Character and Virtue in Global Theological Education: An Academic Epistolary Novel (Carlisle: Langham Global Library, 2019), pp. 393, ISBN 978-783686971. £19.99","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134338880","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"“SCM Studyguide to Theology in the Contemporary World” by Ben Pugh","authors":"C. Y. Wen","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1924","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1924","url":null,"abstract":"Review ofBen Pugh, SCM Studyguide to Theology in the Contemporary World (London: SCM Press, 2017), pp. xi + 207, ISBN 978-0334055747. £19.99","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132565435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning about God: Theological education as formation for mission","authors":"J. Drane","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26i2.1922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26i2.1922","url":null,"abstract":"I recently found myself in conversation with a young woman reviewing her first year in theological education. She is typical of a growing number of students: though she has qualifications in another discipline (and a successful career based on them), now in her mid30s she has a sense of calling to some form of Christian ministry – not necessarily full-time ordained ministry in the traditional mode, though as she works through her vocation she is open to wherever the Spirit might lead her. In a previous era she might well have pursued this calling through volunteering in her local church rather than studying for a degree in theology, but changing cultural norms mean that there are fewer opportunities for such informal ministry and – like many of her age – she is frustrated by a perceived lack of connection between the concerns of the church and the issues with which she finds herself wrestling in everyday life. She wants to be part of an environment where hard questions are acknowledged and addressed in a context of faithful discipleship and has an intense desire to share the gospel with others in her neighbourhood, while being embraced T","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-12-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130307523","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recovering Reformed catholicity","authors":"S. Carson","doi":"10.15664/tis.v26is.1873","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.15664/tis.v26is.1873","url":null,"abstract":"This article begins by outlining some of the questions raised within the Church of Scotland in recent decades concerning the role and value of the Westminster Confession of Faith (WCF) as the church’s subordinate standard. In addressing these, the article asserts that the content and teaching of the WCF continue to be relevant for Reformed churches today. By examining the work that went into the drafting of the WCF, the article argues that the cohesive picture of Reformed orthodoxy and catholicity that the WCF presents has immense practical value for contemporary ministry and church renewal in a challenging cultural moment.","PeriodicalId":257449,"journal":{"name":"Theology in Scotland","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114609105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}