Offers a brief account of how theological education has changed in the past and how it might change going forward. He begins by reflecting on his own experience with theological education and then turns to reviewing its history, dating back to the seventeenth century.

Amid this historical survey, he uncovers an older model of the field that he believes must become dominant once again and explores educational practices that this model would require. The future of theological education described here would return seminaries to their original role as places where a “deep, identity as Christian human beings” is fostered within emerging Christian leaders.