Enlighten: Formational Learning in Theological Field Education

by Matthew Floding; Sung Hee Chang

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

, 2020

Overview

Theological field education is an eye-opening process for young ministers as they begin the challenging work of integrating theory into real-world practice. Enlighten: Formational Learning in Theological Field Education shines a light on specific learning methods student ministers and their mentors can leverage to make the most of their field experience.

Expanding on the knowledge gathered in Engage:A Theological Field Education Toolkit and Empower: A Guide for Supervisor-Mentors in Theological Field Education, this book challenges students, peer reflection group members, and supervisor-mentors to utilize each learning theory to achieve deeper formation. Contributors to the volume introduce individual theories and identify potential areas of resistance and opportunities for growth through illustrative case studies. These practical examples provide support for students facing common obstacles while encouraging all participants in the field education process to be open to new avenues of growth.

Contents

Introduction

1. Learning through Our Experience

Matthew Floding

1. A Teaching Travelogue: Women in the Bible and the Church

Jennifer Bashaw

1. Bossman in Recovery

Franklin Golden

1. Walking by Sight

Marc Lavarin

1. Learning through Our Stories

Leslie Veen

1. Learning the Practice of Story-Sharing in Community

Erik Samuelson

1. We Refuse to be Enemies

Marijke Strong

1. My Story, God’s Call

Erika Tobin Bergh

1. Learning through Un-learning

Sung Hee Chang

1. Re-Education

William Willimon

1. Practicing Resurrection

Katie Crowe

1. Meeting My Body Through the Grace of Unlearning

Christin Bothe

1. Learning through Seeing and Naming

Mark Chung Hearn

1. Thank You for Seeing Me

Joyce del Rosario

1. More Than Meets the Eye

Paulina Alvarado

1. Bring Your Whole Self through the Door and Let Her Speak

Shaina Williams

1. Learning through Our Bodies

Trudy Hawkins Stringer

1. Cultivating the Mood to Linger

Angela Denise Davis

1. The Mystery of Embodiment and Friendship

Allison Waters

1. Breathing into Being: Affirming the Enfleshed Transgender and Gender-Queer Imago Dei

Damien Pascal Domenack

1. Learning through Our Community

Marcus Hong

1. Introducing Theological Education through the Intersection of Bible and Pastoral Care

Carol J. Cook and Tyler D. Mayfield

1. Providential Friendship

Trygve D. Johnson and Tee S. Gatewood, III

1. Nourishment for the Long Journey of Ministry

Abigale Embry, Val Goins, Lindsay Ross-Hunt, and Sandra Monroe

About the Contributors

Praise for Enlighten

Enlighten is a remarkable collection of curiosity-driven, spirit-led reflections on deep and honest experiences. Listen closely to the diverse, accessible perspectives of these trusted companions and recognize how your own learning will infuse your ministry with important questions and fresh possibilities.

The narratives in this book give voice to the complex ways of learning within and beyond theological field education. This collection is essential reading for those seeking to deepen their understanding of contextual education, as well as engage actively in their personal and professional formation.

This collection of studies, the third book in Rowman and Littlefield’s series Explorations in Theological Field Education, will undoubtedly prove to be as useful a resource to students engaged in contextual education-and to those who mentor them-as its predecessors have proved to be. Edited by two highly experienced field educators, the volume emerged from a colloquium held in 2019, supported by the Association for Theological Field Education and attended by North American field educators from a multiplicity of traditions, outlooks, and educational approaches. The intersectionality achieved by the weaving together of such varied voices is one of the many strengths of the book’ making it both appealing and accessible to a wide range of readers. The editors are to be congratulated on compiling such an illuminating and welcome addition to the burgeoning literature on the formative nature of contextual education.

Product Details

• Title: Enlighten: Formational Learning in Theological Field Education
• Authors: Matthew Floding, Sung Hee Chang
• Series: Explorations in Theological Field Education
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Print Publication Date: 2020
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Pages: 186
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Ebook
• ISBNs: 9781538139653, 9781538139639, 1538139634, 1538139650
• Resource ID: LLS:9781538139653
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-04-22T22:13:16Z

About the Authors

Sung Hee Chang is Associate Professor of Supervised Ministry and Director of Supervised Ministry & Vocational Planning at Union Presbyterian Seminary. Previously, she served as an educator in several churches in Virginia and North Carolina.

Matthew Floding is director of ministerial formation at Duke Divinity School. He is former chair of the Association for Theological Field Education and Editor of Welcome to Theological Field Education!.