Clergy education in America: religious leadership and American public life
In 'Clergy Education in America', Larry Golemon shows not only how our conception of professionalism in religious life has changed over time, but also how the education of religious leaders has influenced American culture. Tracing the history of clergy education in America from the Early R...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY
Oxford University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Oxford scholarship online
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
USA
/ Clergy
/ Theological studies
/ History 1785-1935
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Theology
Study and teaching (United States)
History
B Rabbinical seminaries ; United States B Clergy Training of (United States) History B Rabbinical seminaries (United States) B Pastoral Theology (United States) B Clergy Training of (United States) B Clergy ; Training of ; United States B United States Religion History B United states ; Religion ; History |
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| Summary: | In 'Clergy Education in America', Larry Golemon shows not only how our conception of professionalism in religious life has changed over time, but also how the education of religious leaders has influenced American culture. Tracing the history of clergy education in America from the Early Republic through the first decades of the twentieth century, this text offers a sweeping look at an oft-overlooked but critically important aspect of American public life. "The first 100 years of the education of the clergy in the United States is rightly understood as classical professional education-that is, a formation into an identity and calling to serve the wider public through specialized knowledge and skills. This book argues that pastors, priests, and rabbis were best formed into capacities of culture building through the construction of narratives, symbols, and practices that served their religious communities and the wider public. This kind of education was closely aligned with liberal arts pedagogies of studying classical texts, languages, and rhetorical practices. The theory of culture here is indebted to Geertz and Bruner's social-semiotic view, which identifies culture as the social construction of narrative, symbols, and practices that shape the identity and meaning-making of certain communities. The theological framework of analysis is indebted to Lindbeck's cultural-linguistic view, which emphasizes the role of doctrine as grammatical rules that govern narratives, doctrinal grammars, and social practices for distinct religious communities. This framework is pushed toward the renewal and reconstruction of religious frameworks by the postmodern work of Sheila Devaney and Kathryn Tanner. The book also employs several other concepts from social theory, borrowed from Jurgen Habermas, Max Weber, Pierre Bourdieu, Michael Young, and Bernard Anderson"-- |
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| Item Description: | Also issued in print: 2021. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 12, 2021) |
| ISBN: | 0197552870 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/oso/9780195314670.001.0001 |