Toward a blue missiology: Theological education as eco-missional formation
This article discusses the role of Christian theological education in integrating an ecological vision into missional formation. Using Jakarta Theological Seminary's (JTS) Green Campus Blue Seminary program as a case study, it expounds on the contextuality and multidirectionality of this Indone...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2023
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Transformation
Year: 2023, Volume: 40, Issue: 3, Pages: 232-244 |
IxTheo Classification: | FB Theological education KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBM Asia NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics RJ Mission; missiology |
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Theological Education
B blue seminary B green campus B eco-missional formation B blue missional spirituality B Blue missiology |
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Summary: | This article discusses the role of Christian theological education in integrating an ecological vision into missional formation. Using Jakarta Theological Seminary's (JTS) Green Campus Blue Seminary program as a case study, it expounds on the contextuality and multidirectionality of this Indonesian theological seminary's educational program as eco-missional formation amid contemporary environmental problems, particularly the marine ecological crisis. My argument is twofold. First, eco-missional formation is imperative for theological education as part of its missional task amid the current ecological crisis. Second, envisioning theological education as eco-missional formation requires a reimagination of missiology from within the marine ecological crisis—thus, I refer to this as blue missiology. I identify the contextual-constructive dimension of blue missiology by interconnecting JTS's eco-missional formation, the history of environmental mission, local Indonesian narratives of the sea, and blue spirituality as the core of eco-missional formation. |
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ISSN: | 1759-8931 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Transformation
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/02653788231188870 |