Theologians Minor: Embracing Our Vocation with Humility
Amid multiple crises in our world, academic theology is facing a crisis in Catholic higher education, leading to a smaller place for theology and religious studies in increasingly precarious Catholic institutions. Rather than succumbing to despair or continuing in denial, this address encourages the...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Horizons
Year: 2023, Volume: 50, Issue: 2, Pages: 465-473 |
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Theology
B Humility B Marginalization B smallness B Catholic higher education B Kenosis B Vocation B Crisis |
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| Summary: | Amid multiple crises in our world, academic theology is facing a crisis in Catholic higher education, leading to a smaller place for theology and religious studies in increasingly precarious Catholic institutions. Rather than succumbing to despair or continuing in denial, this address encourages theologians to embrace the virtue of humility and the smallness of the vocation of the theologian in the midst of this turmoil. As "theologians minor" we are called to embrace our own smallness and our own importance in the church and the world, and to build communities closer to the margins of our church and world to which we provide a vital witness. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-8557 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Horizons
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/hor.2023.50 |