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Universal Goals & Local Application: Theological Field Education At St. John Vianney Seminary, Germaine Bruno
Universal Goals & Local Application: Theological Field Education At St. John Vianney Seminary, Germaine Bruno
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This study presents a curriculum history of theological field education at Denver's Roman Catholic seminary, St. John Vianney. The study utilizes archival material and the historical method to construct an educational historiography of the evolution and development of theological field curricula from 1910-2010. The research questions focus on two areas: the role of the Catholic Church in shaping seminary curricula and the adaptation and application of these Church guidelines by practitioners in the local context.
The study utilizes the conceptual tools of Kelly Ritter (2009) to analyze the findings in the light of socio-historical forces which shape curricula. According to …