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Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2022.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/89993 Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada Meylahn, Johann-Albrecht mike.puddicombe@salvationarmy.ca Puddicombe, Michael W. UCTD Practical theology The Salvation Army College for Officer Training Theological education Leadership Mission theology The Salvation Army College for Officer Training Missio Dei Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2022. Training leaders for long term Christian ministry is becoming an increasingly complex problem in a post-Christian world. At the same time, there has never been a more exciting time to train for Christian ministry. In a world that is increasingly superficial, Christianity can offer a deep meaning to life. Added to this is the fact that mission is no longer a matter of unimaginable travel to the ends of the earth since the world is in fact coming to our doorstep. The question is “what should future pastors and church leaders be taught to meet the needs of the current cultural reality?” The research is a postfoundational practical theological analysis of the curriculum used to train Salvation Army leaders within a postmodern Canadian context. The research also includes the contributions of research partners, recently commissioned Salvation Army officers, through their responses to questions about the missional aspect of their training. The research engages in an interdisciplinary dialogue with social science, philosophy, educational sciences, and theology to enrich the study and thicken the research narrative. This brought to light the history of theological education, the effects of postmodernism on society, the ethos of The Salvation Army, and new directions that theological education and the training of ministers of the Gospel has taken in recent years. It also stressed the importance of the theology of mission within the curriculum of theological institutions and showed how the lack of mission teaching has become the norm in many of these institutions. The research shows that The Salvation Army College for Officer Training in Canada is one such institution. The lack of theology of mission in the curriculum has adversely affected how the College for Officer Training teaches missiology to future ministers and ultimately this has influenced the local church’s ability to effectively engage in mission within their context. Based on the findings, this research offers a possible way forward, based on a missional hermeneutic, enhancing the training of Salvation Army officers’ competencies and capacities to enable them to fully engage in mission within their context. ae2026 Practical Theology PhD Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-10: Reduced inequalities SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals 2023-03-07T05:20:40Z 2023-03-07T05:20:40Z 2023-04-24 2022 Thesis Puddicombe, MW 2022, Missional readiness: a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in the leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89993 https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89993 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPrearchdata.21916479 en © 2022 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Practical theology The Salvation Army College for Officer Training Theological education Leadership Mission theology The Salvation Army College for Officer Training Missio Dei Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada |
| title | Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada |
| title_full | Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada |
| title_fullStr | Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada |
| title_full_unstemmed | Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada |
| title_short | Missional readiness : a postfoundational, practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within The Salvation Army in Canada |
| title_sort | missional readiness a postfoundational practical theological analysis of the role of mission in leadership training within the salvation army in canada |
| topic | UCTD Practical theology The Salvation Army College for Officer Training Theological education Leadership Mission theology The Salvation Army College for Officer Training Missio Dei Theology theses SDG-04 Theology theses SDG-10 Theology theses SDG-16 Theology theses SDG-17 |
| url | https://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/89993 https://doi.org/10.25403/UPrearchdata.21916479 |