Things That Matter: Essays on Theological Education on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of United Theological College

Often theological colleges are the site of tension between the aspirations of the overall institution of the church and the goals of the particular college itself. While they are usually the first called upon to solve the numerous problems facing the modern church, yet, just as likely, they are criticized for being too academic, too out of touch with contemporary society, and too expensive.

A fair reading of the ten essays in Things That Matter will refute or, at the very least, question the...