Gabriel Etzel
Gabriel Etzel is associate dean, School of Religion, and associate professor of Religion at Liberty University.
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Teaching the World
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Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education brings together educators from a wide range of backgrounds and from some of the largest providers of online theological education in the world. Together, they present a revolutionary new approach to online theological education, highly practical and yet thoroughly shaped by Scripture and theology.
Teaching the World
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Teaching the World: Foundations for Online Theological Education brings together educators from a wide range of backgrounds and from some of the largest providers of online theological education in the world. Together, they present a revolutionary new approach to online theological education, highly practical and yet thoroughly shaped by Scripture and theology.
Overview
More and more seminaries, Christian universities, and Bible colleges are opting to train future ministers and missionaries online.
What happens when the movement toward online education is shaped by pragmatic or financial concerns instead of Scripture and theology? Ministry training can be reduced to a mere transfer of information as institutions lose sight of their calling to shape the souls of God-called men and women in preparation for effective ministry.
How might online ministry training look different if biblical and theological foundations were placed first? Teaching the World brings together educators from a wide range of backgrounds and from some of the largest providers of online theological education in the world. Together, they present a revolutionary new approach to online theological education, highly practical and yet thoroughly shaped by Scripture and theology.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Past Patterns and Present Needs In Online Theological Education
Chapter 2: Controversy and Common Ground
Chapter 3: Paul and the Possibility of Absent Presence
Chapter 4: Social Presence and Theological Education
Chapter 5: Online Faculty and the Image of God
Chapter 6: Online Faculty and Theological Competency
Chapter 7: Shaping the Spiritual Lives of Online Faculty
Chapter 8: Best Practices for Online Learning
Chapter 9: Best Practices for Online Ministry Training
Chapter 10: The Advantage of Ministry Training in Context
Conclusion
Overview
More and more seminaries, Christian universities, and Bible colleges are opting to train future ministers and missionaries online.
What happens when the movement toward online education is shaped by pragmatic or financial concerns instead of Scripture and theology? Ministry training can be reduced to a mere transfer of information as institutions lose sight of their calling to shape the souls of God-called men and women in preparation for effective ministry.
How might online ministry training look different if biblical and theological foundations were placed first? Teaching the World brings together educators from a wide range of backgrounds and from some of the largest providers of online theological education in the world. Together, they present a revolutionary new approach to online theological education, highly practical and yet thoroughly shaped by Scripture and theology.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Past Patterns and Present Needs In Online Theological Education
Chapter 2: Controversy and Common Ground
Chapter 3: Paul and the Possibility of Absent Presence
Chapter 4: Social Presence and Theological Education
Chapter 5: Online Faculty and the Image of God
Chapter 6: Online Faculty and Theological Competency
Chapter 7: Shaping the Spiritual Lives of Online Faculty
Chapter 8: Best Practices for Online Learning
Chapter 9: Best Practices for Online Ministry Training
Chapter 10: The Advantage of Ministry Training in Context
Conclusion
Product Details
- ISBN:9781433691591
- Status:Active
- Release Date:10/30/2017
- Page Count:208
- Carton Qty:36
- Weight:0.64
- Trim Size:6 x 9 x 0.513
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