Comments on: Seabury-Western Theological Seminary http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2008/02/seabury-western-theological-seminary/ A biblioblog Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:02:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Esteban Vázquez http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2008/02/seabury-western-theological-seminary/#comment-44367 Esteban Vázquez Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2008/02/seabury-western-theological-seminary/#comment-44367 I can't say I'm surprised regarding the recent developments at Seabury. I've been looking at their MTS (now MA) program, and their course rotation schedule for the past several years said quite loudly that it was well-night impossible to complete it in the expected two years. That's always a sign of trouble. I don't understand, however, the defeatist death knell that many Seaburians are sounding. I don't see why Seabury, which is in a strategically placed on the campus of a major university and part of an outstanding consortium of seminaries, couldn't reinvent itself after the model of Berkeley Divinity School or Bexley Hall, which would be an outstanding step, I think. In that way, the common life that Seaburians rightly value so much would be preserved, and the resources of the school maximized by focusing in pastoral and spiritual formation in the Anglican tradition. I can’t say I’m surprised regarding the recent developments at Seabury. I’ve been looking at their MTS (now MA) program, and their course rotation schedule for the past several years said quite loudly that it was well-night impossible to complete it in the expected two years. That’s always a sign of trouble.

I don’t understand, however, the defeatist death knell that many Seaburians are sounding. I don’t see why Seabury, which is in a strategically placed on the campus of a major university and part of an outstanding consortium of seminaries, couldn’t reinvent itself after the model of Berkeley Divinity School or Bexley Hall, which would be an outstanding step, I think. In that way, the common life that Seaburians rightly value so much would be preserved, and the resources of the school maximized by focusing in pastoral and spiritual formation in the Anglican tradition.

]]> By: Blue Cord » Christian Century Articles on Seminaries http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2008/02/seabury-western-theological-seminary/#comment-42956 Blue Cord » Christian Century Articles on Seminaries Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:32:32 +0000 http://bluecord.org/biblioblog/2008/02/seabury-western-theological-seminary/#comment-42956 [...] the wake of the news out of Seabury-Western on Thursday, I thought I would point people to two short articles in this week’s The [...] […] the wake of the news out of Seabury-Western on Thursday, I thought I would point people to two short articles in this week’s The […]

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