Drawing on his wealth of experience as both a seminary professor and minister, John Leith identifies and confronts the contemporary crisis in theological education. He argues that the crisis in the seminaries is interwoven with the crisis in the church, and that the secularization of educational institutions has led seminaries to move away from their primary responsibility--preparing pastors for ministry.
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John H. Leith was Professor Emeritus of Theology at Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education until his death in 2002. He is the author of a number of books, including Basic Christian Doctrine, An Introduction to the Reformed Tradtion, From Generation to Generation, and Crisis in the Church.
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Dr. John Haddon Leith (1919-2002) was a minister of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a professor of historical theology at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia. He held degrees from Erskine College, Columbia Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt University, and Yale University Graduate School, and he received honorary degrees from Erskine College, Davidson College, and Presbyterian College. He valued brevity and understood that simplicity is close to integrity, so that he desired in his writings to communicate the gospel and the faith of the church in a straightforward and understandable way.
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In 1933 Alfred North Whitehead wrote that until then it had been assumed that "each generation will substantially live amid conditions governing the lives of its father and that the traditions of the father would be passed on." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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In 1933 Alfred North Whitehead wrote that until then it had been assumed that "each generation will substantially live amid conditions governing the lives of its father and that the traditions of the father would be passed on." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Jesus Christ, Union Theological Seminary, Columbia Theological Seminary, Word of God, World War, Holy Spirit, North Carolina, Karl Barth, New Testament, Charles Hodge, Columbia Seminary, John Calvin, Westminster Confession, Thomas Oden, John Bulow Campbell, Roland Bainton, John Newton Thomas, Reformed Christians, Union Seminary, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Jon Levenson, Near Eastern, New York City, Princeton Theological Seminary, Reinhold Niebuhr New!
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- Friedrich Schleiermacher by C. W. Christian on page 30, page 37, and page 40
- Outlines of Theology by A. A. Hodge on page 45, and Back Matter
- The Hebrew Bible, the Old Testament, and Historical Criticism: Jews and Christians in Biblical Studies by Jon D. Levenson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Presbyterians in the South by E. T. Thompson in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Gathering Storm in the Churches by Jeffrey K. Hadden on page 9, and Back Matter
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- Virtue and the Voice of God: Toward Theology as Wisdom by Daniel J. Treier in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Church Quake!: The Explosive Power of the New Apostolic Reformation by C.Peter Wagner on page 240
- The Ideal Seminary: Pursuing Excellence in Theological Education by Carnegie Samuel Calian in Back Matter
- Biblical Leadership: The Fifth Frame: A Model of Leadership for Every Christian by Tony Metze in Back Matter
- A Passion for the Gospel: Confessing Jesus Christ for the 21st Century by P. Mark Achtemeier on page 189
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