An outstanding group of authors address the structure of theological education using different avenues of approach. Each writer describes and frames a theological response to a major feature of the contemporary scene. The contributors look at events and movements that shape the organization of theological studies, including a review of black...

Reconceiving practice / Craig Dykstra -- Situating the structure / Rebecca S. Chopp -- The historical consciousness and the study of theology / Walter E. Wyman, Jr. -- Theological and religious studies / Francis Scheussler Fiorenza -- Beyond a mono-religious theological education / Paul F. Knitter -- Overcoming alienation in theological education / Peter J. Paris -- Christian social ethics as a theological discipline / Thomas W. Ogletree -- Theology against the disciplines / John B. Cobb, Jr. -- Celebrating difference, resisting domination / Mark Kline Taylor -- Toward a fundamental and strategic practical theology / Don S. Browning.