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Pratt Douglas: "Theological Education and Ministerial Formation - Academic accountability and ecclesial expectaion ..." Colloquium v.24no.2 1992 pp 98-105
Referred to in Thompson Susan J: "Knowledge and Vital Piety" a 2002 PhD thesis at the University of Auckland which explores the relation in Methodist ministry between theory and practice of education and formation whichin the introduction to her thesis she calls 'a tension at the heart of all clergy training endeavours'.

Theological Education: A Matter of Academic Accountablity

  1. Theological education comprises the academic study of the disciplines of theology ... Biblical, Historical, Systematic Theological, and Pastoral Studies.
  2. Theological education is essentially and necessarily an intellectual enterprise. It involves the learning of content and the acquisition of the skills of critical thinking...
  3. Theological education should issue in a knowledge that both comprehends content and enables ongoing critical reflection...
  4. Theological education presupposes a lively interest in the intellectual expression of, and critical reflection upon, religious thought and the contents of faith-experience...

Ministerial Formation: A Matter of Ecclesial Expectation

  1. Ministerial formation involves a broad-ranging life-shaping process directed toward a specific life-style goal. ... Engagement in the process requires a climate of mutual commitment and the mutual recognition of a requisite theological education component.
  2. Ministerial formation involves a process of personal and existential grounding ...
  3. Ministerial formation involves the acquisition of both practical skills and guiding essentials ...
  4. Ministerial formation involves a spiritual formation ...
[Quote pp 104-5]