Sunday, July 31, 2005
(10:47 AM) | Adam Kotsko:
Theological Education
I sometimes wish that I would have gone for the MDiv, because then I'd at least have a trade to fall back on.UPDATE: If anyone needs a sermon delivered on Clement of Alexandria, I'm your man. After a very brief 14 years of study, I have finally made my way through his works and written up notes, to be discussed tomorrow afternoon in fulfillments of course requirements at the Chicago Theological Seminary.
I realize that by mentioning Clement, I have doomed this post to have zero comments.
UPDATE 2: Ted Jennings, an indefatigable advocate of his own pedagogical methods, argues that I would have been able to get through a Church Father a week, had I been attending an institution that allowed one to take the "comic book" approach, or else had nothing else to do.
I do think that many seminarians would be well-served by a trip through The Picture Bible, a childhood companion of mine. The comic books available on the Church Fathers, however, are likely of very limited quality and utility. Thus, I think it is incumbent upon me, as an accomplished scholar, to develop new and better comic books for non-CTS students to use while studying Patristics. Do I have a volunteer to do the artwork?
It occurs to me: we need a gesture, analogous to placing your hand by your head in the shape of a phone and then mouthing, "call me," except for "e-mail me." Perhaps a typing motion? But would that be confused with piano-playing? This is a difficult issue.
