Thinking Theologically (Foundations for Learning)
Overview
Fortress Press’s Foundations for Learning series prepares students for academic success through compelling resources to kick-start their journey into professional Christian ministry. This volume reminds readers that we are always—consciously and unconsciously—processing data.
In this collection of essays, a variety of voices encourage readers to think about how our brains work. Authors grapple with not only the particular ways the theological disciplines invite students to think, but also how thinking theologically shapes a student’s sense of self in a wider community of thinking and believing. Thinking Theologically explores an embodied set of practices and values that shape individuals and communities alike—seeking to help readers on the path to cultivating the habits of mind necessary in a life of ministry.
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Check out other works in the Foundations for Learning Series, such as Exploring the Life and Calling and Reading Theologically.
- Explores the concept of “thinking theologically”
- Compiles contributions from a variety of pastors and professors
- Forms part of Fortress Press’ Foundations for Learning series
- Introduction by Eric D. Barreto
- Thinking Mindfully by Jennifer M. Shepherd
- Thinking Bodily by Lance J. Peeler
- Thinking Pastorally by Jessicah Krey Duckworth
- Thinking Biblically by Mariam J. Kamell
- Thinking Historically by Adam Ployd
- Thinking Systematically by Amy Marga
- Thinking Ethically by Matilde Moros
- Thinking Socially by Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder
- Thinking Spiritually by Cláudio Carvalhaes
Top Highlights
“You will see things others miss or have difficulty seeing” (Page 18)
“Make sure you know why you tend to see things the way you do” (Page 19)
“Whatever issue, topic, theory, or interpretation has caused you to look up, this is the starting point for mindful thinking. The experience of discomfort and strong emotions as you struggle to understand how someone else does not see things the same way you do will begin to highlight the influence of your inherited faith traditions and explain why you feel passionate about something that someone else considers to be a minor detail.” (Page 13)
“An important distinction should be noted here between acknowledgement of emotions and acceptance of emotions. To acknowledge is simply to see things as they are, whether you like it or not.” (Page 14)
“thinking theologically is a prayer, a yearning for the Spirit to help us, as much as it is an act of the intellect.” (Page 3)
With as much concern for spiritual formation as intellectual introduction, this reassuring guide invites those entering theological education to do so with integrity of body and spirit, mind and heart.
—Katherine Turpin, associate dean for curriculum and assessment, Iliff School of Theology
Thinking about thinking about thinking is a challenge. The clarity and crispness of these essays makes it enjoyable. The diversity of voices represented pushes young scholars to listen globally and empathetically. I wish this volume had been available when I began seminary and when I tried to help students learn to read the Bible and approach theology lovingly and critically. Now I see an important role for this book as I work with church groups to deepen their relationship with Scripture and to cultivate their minds for a life in ministry.
—Sharon H. Ringe, professor of New Testament, Wesley Theological Seminary
Thinking Theologically is an engaging text that is clearly oriented towards the church and those who are seeking to understand Scripture and theology in light of the world’s complexities.
—Brian Bantum, associate professor of theology, Seattle Pacific University and Seminary
- Title: Thinking Theologically
- Author: Eric D. Barreto
- Series: Foundations for Learning
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2015
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Pages: 142
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Thought and thinking › Religious aspects--Christianity
- ISBNs: 9781451483413, 9781451494211, 1451483414, 1451494211
- Resource ID: LLS:THNKNGTHLGCLL
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T03:21:58Z