‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ (Juvenal Satires:§345) (Who guards [nurtures] the guardians?): Developing a constructivist approach to learning about ministerial and spiritual formation

‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ (Juvenal Satires:§345) (Who guards [nurtures] the guardians?): Developing a constructivist approach to learning about ministerial and spiritual formation

The main purpose of this exercise was to develop an improved model of ministerial and spiritual formation in the training of ministers in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa at the University of Pretoria. This is a perennial problem in many churches where there is a general dissatisfa...

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Main Author: Graham A. Duncan
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: AOSIS 2012-09-01
Series:HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
Subjects:
action research
constructivism
formation
leadership
shared praxis
spirituality
Online Access:http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/view/1251
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spelling doaj-552330e2c1ea4a3ebe6d32adbb9a295c2020-11-25T00:22:23ZafrAOSISHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 0259-94222072-80502012-09-0169117‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ (Juvenal Satires:§345) (Who guards [nurtures] the guardians?): Developing a constructivist approach to learning about ministerial and spiritual formationGraham A. DuncanThe main purpose of this exercise was to develop an improved model of ministerial and spiritual formation in the training of ministers in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa at the University of Pretoria. This is a perennial problem in many churches where there is a general dissatisfaction with the products, (i.e. ministers) not only in terms of personal spirituality but in their inability to minister effectively in the many diverse situations to which they are called or appointed. The exercise of power becomes an issue in a vocation which is premised on servant ministry and so Juvenal’s quotation is apt as it is expressed as ‘Who can be trusted with authority/power?’.http://www.hts.org.za/index.php/HTS/article/view/1251action researchconstructivismformationleadershipshared praxisspirituality
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
action research
constructivism
formation
leadership
shared praxis
spirituality
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title ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ (Juvenal Satires:§345) (Who guards [nurtures] the guardians?): Developing a constructivist approach to learning about ministerial and spiritual formation
title_short ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ (Juvenal Satires:§345) (Who guards [nurtures] the guardians?): Developing a constructivist approach to learning about ministerial and spiritual formation
title_full ‘Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ (Juvenal Satires:§345) (Who guards [nurtures] the guardians?): Developing a constructivist approach to learning about ministerial and spiritual formation
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title_sort ‘quis custodiet ipsos custodes?’ (juvenal satires:§345) (who guards [nurtures] the guardians?): developing a constructivist approach to learning about ministerial and spiritual formation
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series HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies
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2072-8050
publishDate 2012-09-01
description The main purpose of this exercise was to develop an improved model of ministerial and spiritual formation in the training of ministers in the Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa at the University of Pretoria. This is a perennial problem in many churches where there is a general dissatisfaction with the products, (i.e. ministers) not only in terms of personal spirituality but in their inability to minister effectively in the many diverse situations to which they are called or appointed. The exercise of power becomes an issue in a vocation which is premised on servant ministry and so Juvenal’s quotation is apt as it is expressed as ‘Who can be trusted with authority/power?’.
topic action research
constructivism
formation
leadership
shared praxis
spirituality
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