Sources for a Christian Theology of Education

Theological Education beyond Romanticism and Rationalism
Professor John Milbank
Professor of Religion, Politics and Ethics at the University of Nottingham

What Goes Wrong When We Forget Theology
The Revd Prof Michael Northcott
University of Ethics, University of Edinburgh

Theological Education – From the Bible to the Early Days of the Church
The Revd Professor Benedict Viviano OP
Emmeritus Professor of the University of Freiburg, Switzerland    

Education in Plato
The Revd Dr Matthew Bullimore
Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Norwich

Education in Aquinas
The Revd Dr Vivian Boland OP
Lecturer in Moral and Pastoral Theology, Blackfriars, Oxford

Training the Clergy to Teach the Church 

Are contemporary approaches to theological education failing the Church?
The Revd Professor Alister McGrath
Professor of Theology, Ministry and Education, and Head of the Centre for Theology, Religion and Culture, King’s College, London

Lessons for Theological Educators from the Sociology of Religion
The Rt Revd Graham James
Bishop of Norwich and Chairman of Ministry Division

Theological Education: Formation and Self-Knowledge
The Revd David Moss
Principal, South West Ministry Training Course

Renewing Catechesis: Theological Education in the Parish and Beyond

The Lay Theologian: Working at the Coal Face
The Revd Professor Graham Ward
Professor of Contextual Theology and Ethics at the University of Manchester and Head of the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures

Liturgical Formation as Theological Education
The Rt Revd Stephen Platten
Bishop of Wakefield and Chairman of the Liturgical Commission

Catechesis: Lessons from the Alpha Course and the Fathers
The Revd Dr James Heard
Assistant curate, All Saints’, Fulham and previously editor at Alpha International
(James's monograph Inside Alpha: Explorations in Evangelism will be launched at the conference. As of November he will be the Associate Vicar at St Luke's and Christ Church, Chelsea.)

Theological Education in the Roman Catholic Movement ‘Communion and Liberation’
Dr Alessandra Gerolin
Researcher on Catholic Social Teaching, the Athenaeum Centre for the Social Doctrine of the Church, Catholic University of Milan

Shorter Papers and Presentations

Lessons for Today from Patristic Catechesis and its Appropriation by the Oxford Movement
The Revd John Suddards
Team Rector and Rural Dean of Witham, Essex

Theological Formation in the Church of the Letze Mensch
The Revd Dr James Lawson
Vicar of St Michael and All Angels, Stoke Newington Common

We invite participants to share their own experiences of theological education, in parishes, schools, universities and other settings.