July 15-22, 2010, Dorothy Bass will lead a retreat on honoring the body at

Villa Maria del Mar, Santa Cruz, California.

For more information or to register go to http://www.villamariadelmar.org/special_programs.htm.

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Join Dorothy Bass, Susan Briehl, Diane Jacobson, Thomas Witt, Mary Preus, Heather Wallis-Murphy and others for an autumn sojourn at Holden Village.

 

A Little Yeast: God's surprising call to a whole life in the real world, for the good of all

September 19-24, 2010   

Come for as much or as little as of the program as you are able.

For more information or to register go to www.holdenvillage.org.  


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Susan Briehl will lead sessions on "The Practice of Service" during the November 12-14, 2010, program of the Sacred Practice Leadership Series at the Shalom Retreat Center, Dubuque, Iowa. 

For more information or to register go to www.sacredpracticeseries.org.
 


 
For Life Abundant: Practical Theology, Theological Education, & Christian Ministry ~  Dorothy C. Bass and Craig Dykstra, editors (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2008)
Theologians and pastors explore practical theology as an indispensable dimension of Christian faith and show how it can clarify and strengthen life-giving ways of life in and for the world. Order

For a limited time Pastoral Leaders are invited to request a free copy of For Life Abundant.

Read an article that places For Life Abundant in the context of three decades of conversation about theological education.

The End(s) of Theological Education: Reframing the Mission of
Theological Schools

Michael Jinkins
Academic Dean and Professor of Pastoral Theology

Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary


Click Here to see other Project books.

  


Highlights from
Theological Education for Life Abundant Conference
at Vanderbilt Divinity School
February 26-28, 2009

Keynote Lecture by
Charles Marsh,
University of Virginia

“From the Phraseological to the Real”: Lived Theology and the Mysteries of Practice

Featured Conversations in Christian Practical Theology
Click the presenter's name to read conference panel presentation remarks.

Purposes of Theological Education
Dorothy C. Bass
Charles Foster
Charles Marsh

Pedagogies
Bonnie Miller-McLemore
John Witvliet

Institutional Missions
Craig Dykstra

Barbara Holmes

James Hudnut-Beumler


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