This Washington Post article actually presents the GTS challenge in terms of the change in systems of delivery in seminaries, and I think anyone who has sense in reading the materials regarding the dilemma would say this does not represent the issue well. I want to step aside from the General issue and ask real questions. There is little question that as a denomination we will be entering a period--in fact we are already there--when alternative means of seminary education (online and some on-ground) are more likely. Given the real needs, couldnt we really get by with 4 seminaries, given that schools like Emory, Duke, SMU, Yale, etc. are also providing Episcopal education in ecumenical domains? Would we not be just as well served with some supported chairs in Episcopal liturgy, history, and polity administered in an ecumenical setting? At some point, we are going to have to face up to those realities. Every seminary I have attended--except Episcopal seminaries I might add--has come to terms with the realities of the changing market in theological education. They have either pursued alternative delivery methods and/or developing graduate programs that would appeal more to lay people to fill in the lost numbers. Episcopalians are some similar and somewhat odd to other Protestant traditions (dont get upset about my lumping EC with other Protestants please). IT looks like to me that we are putting off the inevitable. Just musing. My questions are in many ways rhetorical as well as real.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 04:08:15 +0000
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