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- Title: From the Sanctuary to the Street: The Vocation of a Theologian.
- Author : Currents in Theology and Mission
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Politics & Current Events,Books,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 242 KB
Description
Howard Thurman, one of the twentieth century's great theologians, once said, "A man must be at home somewhere before he can feel at home everywhere." (1) What an apt description of Ralph Klein! Ralph radiates a sense of "at-home-ness." He is at home with his faith and church! Since settling into Lutheranism, Ralph has also been at home everywhere. He has a remarkable ability to relate to a diversity of people. His self-identity (child of God), his sense of playfulness (especially on the golf course), and his sense of vocation (a world-renowned biblical scholar and deft administrator) are all placed in the service of God's people in the church and the world. Ralph's "retirement" from active teaching gives me and I hope the readers of Currents in Theology and Mission the opportunity to reflect on the meaning of the vocation of a theologian in the twenty-first century. In my elaboration of Thurman's concept of being at home somewhere before being at home everywhere, theologians and their scholarship are called to a vocation that enjoys a lively reciprocity between the sanctuary and the street.