Author(s): Balázs SIBA

Title: SPIRITUALITY AND THEOLOGY - the Place for Personal Faith Experience in Theological Education

Source: 11th International Conference of J. Selye University. Theological Section. Conference Proceedings

ISBN: 978-80-8122-332-7

DOI: https://doi.org/10.36007/3327.2019.149-155

Publisher: J. Selye University, Komárno, Slovakia

PY, pages: 2019, 149-155

Published on-line: 2019

Language: en

Abstract: There is a duality to theological education: on the one hand, some consider it to be a scholarly think tank which is supposed to be operating according to academic standards. Others, on the other hand, see it as a spiritual centre whose mission is to protect the faith. This dilemma is nothing new since, in the history of Christianity, universities have been playing a part in educating priests and pastors for more than 9 centuries. The discussion whether it is a place for academic work and/or spiritual formation has been going on from the very beginning, even at the foundation of these theological courses. The double need for a university (based on scholastic traditions) and a monastic-like seminary has now been complimented with the spiritual "revolution" of our age. After analysing some theological concepts from a sociological, historical, and organisational point of view, I will briefly present a new curriculum of the Faculty of Theology at Károli Gáspár Reformed University which will focus on personal faith experience.

Keywords: reformed theology, spirituality, theological education, university

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