1. To earn a Ph.D. in Theology/Biblical Studies today - a person is required to do “original research”.
2. Original research in the Academy is virtually a celebration of “theological imagination”.
3. We hire these Ph.D.’s to teach our future pastors in seminary.
4. Then we wonder 50 years later why the church keeps embracing heterodoxy!
Bingo!
Yet, please note:
1. To earn a Ph.D. in Theology/Biblical Studies today - a person is required to do “original research”.
2. Original research in the Academy is virtually a celebration of “theological imagination”.
3. We hire these Ph.D.’s to teach our future pastors in seminary.
4. Then we wonder 50 years later why the church keeps embracing heterodoxy!
David
Comment by David A Booth — May 24, 2007 @ 8:55 am