Considerations for an Inclusive Global Theological Education

Abstract

This article considers the role of theological education in developing the ministry of the church and the need for it to be relevant to the realities and needs of the people it is to serve. The article considers three factors – racism, imperialism, and tribalism – that influence theological education in different ways. It then turns to a consideration of African‐American womanist theology and African women's theology – as reflected in the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians – and the similarities between these two approaches as expressions of liberation theology and their relevance for inclusive global theological education.

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“…24 In her presentation, she also referenced the writings of Esther Mombo, the vice-moderator of the WCC's Commission on Ecumenical Education and Formation, in the 2019 journal as well as in other recent work. 25 Mombo, according to Juma, acknowledged that the full realization of the vision for a transformative ecumenical theological education can fully be achieved through the empowerment of women ecumenists together with men; however, not much is said about how transformative theological education might find an impactful way to achieve engendered theological education that addresses how the empowerment of women ecumenists together with men is to be achieved. Arguably, the glaring gaps in church leadership and gender parity that contemporary society is grappling with are because of empowering the male gender at the expense of the female gender.…”