ERIC Number: EJ882469
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Feb
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Theology in Australian Higher Education: The "Newcastle Model" Brings Theology Home to the Academy
Douglas, Brian; Lovat, Terence
Higher Education Research and Development, v29 n1 p75-87 Feb 2010
This article investigates the movement of theological education away from diocesan controlled theological colleges in the Anglican Church of Australia into the mainstream curriculum of public universities. Particular reference is made to the establishment of Theology as an area of study at The University of Newcastle. Other models of theological education based on particular hermeneutic interests of Anglicanism are examined. Comparisons are drawn between those institutions seeking to maintain partisan control over theological education and those who cede control, in part or entirely, to the public university. Discussion of some historical material leading to the implementation of the "Newcastle Model" is presented as this relates to church and public policy on Theology in higher education. The article argues that the place of theological education is in the academy or public university since it is there that Theology, like other public knowledge, best develops and maintains a critical intention.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Public Policy, Philosophy, Theological Education, Educational Development, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Models, Hermeneutics, Institutional Autonomy, College Role, Church Related Colleges, Public Colleges, State Church Separation
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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