Religious Others in (Christian) Seminaries: Three Approaches and Conundrums

Abstract

The number of students from other religious traditions is increasing in Christian seminaries in the United States. However, seminaries have different motivations, visions, and rationales that determine whether and how they accept these students. The purpose of this article is to examine how seminaries approach this matter and what issues follow. The author suggests that the revised framework of Van der Ven and Ziebertz's models of religious education (the monoreligious, multireligious, and interreligious models) can be particularly helpful in theorizing the current context of seminaries that are becoming multireligious. This article then explores the challenges that each model encounters and finds that those challenges, or conundrums, are closely related to the tensions between values such as openness, educational justice, and institutional identity.

Keramahan Terhadap Sesama yang Berbeda Agama di Kalangan Mahasiswa Kampus Bela Negara

“…Lee memfokuskan penelitiannya pada model pendidikan teologis yang dapat diterima oleh para siswa yang berbeda agama. Menurutnya, di masa depan, seminari-seminari yang ada harus sudah mengembangkan dan menerapkan model pendidikan teologi antar-agama yang dapat diterima oleh para siswa dari kalangan yang berbeda agama (Lee, 2019). Masih terkait model pembelajaran yang ramah terhadap agama lain, Bhatia dan Pathak-Shelat meneliti model praktek teater terapan (applied theater practice) dalam pembelajaran di kelas untuk mengurangi diskriminasi antar siswa yang berbeda agama.…”