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Book Review: The Christological Foundation for Contemporary Theological Education

Eleven theological scholars have drafted chapters examining Christology as the catalytic impetus to theological education. Originally presented as seminars held at the Divinity College, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, this collection offers an overview of the varied perspectives on Christ in the history of the Church which have shaped the means of preparing students for ministry. Joseph Ban, the editor, crafts the overture to the works contained in the volume, sounding the themes which each individual author develops. Ban's foundational concept of theological education is that it purposes to form a Christian identity in those given to its discipline. His understanding is thoroughly incarnational: Christology must inform the methods of educating theological students. Several chapters proved especially helpful. Chapter four by Patrick T.R. Gray, "Christology and Soteriology: Past Connections and present Missed Connections," invites all engaged in contemporary theological education to be concerned with the doing of theology rather than simply talking about it. It is a confessional discipline, born out of one's own experience of God's gracious salvation. This is the key connection. Clark Pinnock, "Christology at the Reformation" (chapter seven), explicates Luther and Calvin's fresh thinking on Christology as well as the signal contributions Book Reviews Review and Expositor, 87 (1990)