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Theological Education in the Middle East

Major Developments and Challenges

Theological  education  has  its  roots  in  the  Levant,  where  it  experienced  centuries  of  activity  in  different languages,  cultures and sociopolitical realities. The wide array of questions and issues that Christian thinkers have addressed and confronted in this region of the planet are recorded not only in the living witness of millions of  Christian  believers  but  also  in  an  immeasurable  library  of  biblical,  liturgical,  historical,  and  dogmatic manuscripts, which have had an influence in these lands and abroad and have inspired thousands of modern studies in different theological disciplines (Kattan, 27-70). For more...

Cited in:

Theological Education in the Middle East. Major Developments and Challenges, in: Werner, D. (ed). Handbook of Theological Education in World Christianity. Regnum: Oxford, p. 494-501.

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