Last month I spent a few days in Brisbane helping my dad to downsize, and among the piles of papers and memorabilia from several lifetimes of collecting were the architectural plans for the house my grandparents built on what was, in the 1940s, vacant land at Warrawee. File photo. This is not the plan of …
Isn’t theology supposed to be prescriptive?
Welcome to The Theology Whisperer, a series of short blog posts on theology and theological education. The task of theology has to begin somewhere, and a good starting point is description – or, as I noted in my last post, the task of clarifying the content and practical implications of the Christian faith. But …
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What is theological education?
Welcome to The Theology Whisperer, a series of short blog posts on theology and theological education. Your contributions are important – please join the conversation! My formal theological education began in 1991, when I opened some mail and began reading a booklet that I had requested from Moore Theological College on the study of the …
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