As those coming forward for ministerial training change and diversify, is the way we learn theology changing too? Integrity within our training institutions has often been assumed and granted to white, male, or those from the middle or upper classes. This has come at the expense of the faith truths, beliefs and perspectives offered by women, people of colour, indigenous theologies and the working classes, whose testimonies have often been ignored or marginalised by the dominant discourses that have been deemed more trustworthy as a consequence of the way in which imperialism has enabled knowledge and religion to be constructed and controlled. Yet theological education also has a potential to challenge these norms. It holds the potential to challenge oppressive cultures, theologies and pedagogies. Relying on feminist, black, indecent, and postcolonial theologies, Trust in Theological Education will deconstruct dominant models of theological education, by incorporating ethnographic research, alongside educational theory, liberation theology and radical exegesis'. It will demonstrate theological educations potential to change, and be transformed in order to enable those who have been excluded and marginalised to become speaking subjects and agents for systemic change.

About the Author
Eve Parker is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Theological Education at Durham University. She is the lead on Diversity and Inclusion for Common Awards.

Reviews
The growth of the Christian church among Africans, including the Diaspora, as well as the rest of the Global South, is astounding. The need for well-prepared ministers of the Gospel is greater than ever. Hence, the role of theological education has never been more crucial. But as the church is confronted with excruciating challenges as never before, Eve Parker asks the question: Can theological education, unless fundamentally decolonising, fundamentally transformed and transformational, fundamentally liberational, be trusted? For the Christian church and its theological education, that is indeed the heart of the matter, and this book is a phenomenal engagement of that question. Eve Parker's well-written book could not have come at a more crucial time. As a teacher, pastor, and preacher, I put this book down with a heartfelt Amen! This is not just a very timely and necessary textbook. It is a magnificent guide in times of great trouble and even greater opportunity for the church. -- Allan Boesak, Professor of Black Liberation Theology and Ethics, University of Pretoria
"This work brings us to the depth of postcoloniality in which we have yet to realise that canons of theological learning need to change. Indeed, this work is about change, in us, in the Church, in God. It will be an eye opener to some, it will be disliked by others, but the realities described here are indeed our own realities. A seminal work by an emerging younger theologian, this work will remain a classic for years to come, and a challenge to the contemporary colonial state of theology in Europe. A theological education that 'seeks truths' together would be a theological education that is a shaped by a dialogue of mutual respect, where a curriculum is developed that enables multiple truths to be heard. This is a book to be read today, tomorrow, and always." -- Mario I. Aguilar, University of St. Andrews, UK



Book Information
ISBN 9780334061441
Author Eve Parker
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint SCM Press
Publisher SCM Press