Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis: A History of Education for Ministry

by Watkins, Keith

• ISBN13: 9781578600922
• ISBN10: 1578600928
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Pgw

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Stalemate in Indianapolis	1	(23)
The Struggle to Create a Central Training School for the Disciples of Christ, 1855--1921
More Religion---Less Theology	24	(23)
A Viable Plan for Ministerial Education at Butler University, 1917--1924
Training Men and Women ``of All Faiths'' for the Christian Ministry	47	(23)
The Seminary's First Decade, 1924--1935
Catholicity and Conservatism	70	(24)
The Bible, Unity, and Mission at the School of Religion, 1935--1944
In the Best Possible Hands	94	(22)
New Leaders and the Renewal of the Seminary's Commitments, 1943--1949
For the Sake of the Kingdom	116	(26)
The Decision to Become Christian Theological Seminary, 1950--1958
Recklessly Committed to Christ and the Gospel	142	(23)
The New Seminary in a Decade of Cultural Crisis, 1959--1970
The Liveliest Place in the Area	165	(27)
The CTS Ethos Emerges, 1965--1974
Coping with Adversity	192	(22)
Hard Times and the Deepening of Faith, 1974--1978
The Finest Institution of its Kind	214	(28)
A Center of Theological Education and Reflection, 1979--1987
A Spirit Ever Restless	242	(25)
An Ecumenical Seminary of the Christian Church, 1987--1997
Memory and Mission	267	(9)
The Seminary in its Seventy-fifth Year, 2000
Appendix---Faculty of the Seminary, 1924--2000	276	(6)
Endnotes	282	(31)
Index	313