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A ‘second reformation’ in global theology is currently taking place. In the Majority World, evangelical theological education is growing rapidly and increasing its global impact. Scholars are applying the fruits of their research in Biblical and theological fields to their contexts to serve the needs of theological students and churches and their leaders. One of the most significant trends within this growth of global theological education is the increasing emergence of evangelical doctoral programs.
Starting with a major consultation in Beirut in 2010, ICETE’s Doctoral Initiative has been working to provide resources to develop and equip these programs. This book contains the results of that work, including the Beirut Benchmarks for Research Doctoral Programs (2010), the Beirut Benchmarks for Professional Doctorates (2011), and a well-developed series of statements on best practices, which explain, amplify, and help apply the Benchmarks. Written out of a commitment to excellence, and a belief that such excellence is honouring to God, and of service to His Church, this work will benefit doctoral programs, students and supervisors working both in the Majority World and the West.

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Publié par	Langham Creative Projects
Date de parution	14 octobre 2015
Nombre de lectures	1
EAN13	9781783680818
Langue	English

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I have carefully reviewed Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs , and was very impressed with their comprehensive coverage and perceptive articulation. The documents reflect the prevailing requirements of doctoral studies in high-quality institutions of higher education.
Wadi Haddad, PhD
President, Knowledge Enterprise
Editor-in-Chief, TechKnowLogia
Previously Chief of Education Division, World Bank
The Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs is a landmark document for evangelical scholarship. It is a document that unequivocally demonstrates that evangelicals are serious about academia. But it is also a document that unmistakably shows that academia must have a purpose that is bigger than an exercise of gaining knowledge as an end in itself. While firmly recognizing the validity of academic doctorates, the document equally recognizes the undoubted importance of professional doctorates. And yet, one can clearly see from the document that standards for both academic and professional doctorates are not designed in such a way that professional doctorates are gained through less rigorous processes than academic doctorates. Nor are they designed in such a way that those who earn the degrees are unable to engage with global scholarship and to converse with other scholars who earn their degrees in contexts other than those that are evangelically orientated. As an African working in an academic institution in Africa, I am absolutely delighted that these guidelines for doctoral programs have been prepared, because they will enable theological institutions on the continent, which have already started or plan to start doctoral programs, to have commonly agreed standards which can be used as a yardstick and reference when they develop their own standards and engage with accrediting bodies or institutions who might have their own standard documents.
Desta Heliso, PhD
Director, Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST)
Chair, Association for Christian Theological Education in Africa (ACTEA)
Many Majority World institutions have undertaken to provide higher-level degrees in theological education, including doctoral level. This document produced by ICETE after several global consultations provides benchmarks for excellence, for prospective doctoral scholars. This document provides world-recognized standards. It is my trust and hope that in future we will have Majority World scholars trained and rooted both in God’s Word and excellent theological traditions, as well as engaged with the world – their own contexts. I highly commend that ICETE related institutions will uphold these benchmarks for the global Christians who will shape the thinking of the church and her involvement in God’s mission.
Ashish Chrispal, PhD
Regional Director for Asia, Overseas Council, USA
Theological education needs scholars educated at the highest academic levels who will use their scholarship as expressions of the deepest levels of faithfulness to the mission of God for the church and the world. The ICETE Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs provides a thoughtful definition for quality in doctoral programs that meets this need precisely. The guidelines include a biblical and theological framework, as well as appropriate guidance for the educational, administrative, and resource requirements of doctoral programs. If implemented carefully by institutions accredited by ICETE member associations, the result will be a common doctoral education that will serve theological schools effectively. This is both a meaningful and significant document.
Daniel Aleshire, PhD
Executive Director,
The Association of Theological Schools (ATS), North America

Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs
Edited by
Ian J. Shaw
with
Scott Cunningham
Bernhard Ott
Series Editor
Riad Kassis
ICETE Series

© 2015 by Ian J. Shaw
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With deep appreciation and gratitude to Jim and Carolyn Blankemeyer and The Blankemeyer Foundation for their unequivocal support for Majority World doctoral theological education.
Contents

Cover

Foreword

Section 1 The Beirut Benchmarks

Section 2 The Beirut Benchmarks Adaptation for Professional Doctorates

Section 3 Best Practice Guidelines for Doctoral Programs

I. Introduction

II. Understanding the Nature of Research

III. Key Principles for Best Practice in Doctoral Education

Details of ICETE Doctoral Initiative

ICETE Doctoral Initiative Advisory Council

ICETE Doctoral Initiative Steering Committee

About ICETE

About Langham Partnership

Endnotes
Foreword
One of the most significant and important trends within global theological education in our days is the increasing emergence of evangelical doctoral programmes in the Majority World.
In 2004, Dr Chris Wright, International Ministries Director of the Langham Partnership, drafted a discussion document on “Doctoral Scholarships in Majority World Institutions.” At the International Council of Evangelical Theological Education’s 2006 international consultation in Chiang Mai, Thailand, he proposed the need for an international consultation for these emerging doctoral programmes in the evangelical Majority World.
ICETE’s international director at that time, Dr Paul Sanders, began exploratory discussions with Dr Chris Wright and Dr David Baer of Overseas Council (OC) about the feasibility of an ICETE Doctoral Initiative. Both international bodies agreed to support such an initiative.
ICETE established an Oversight Committee to assist in developing the ICETE Doctoral Initiative, consisting of representatives from global institutions already offering doctoral programs, namely: the late Dr Douglas Carew (AIU/NEGST Kenya), chair ; and Drs Carver Yu (CGST Hong Kong); Oscar Campos (SETECA Guatemala); Theresa Lua (AGST Philippines); and Paul Sanders (ICETE) ex officio . This group met for the first time in Sopron, Hungary, in October 2009.
The ICETE Doctoral Initiative was then formally launched with a planning consultation held in March 2010 in Beirut, Lebanon. The event involved a selected list of key institutions offering doctoral programs in the Majority World, who were together representative of the larger movement. The Beirut 2010 consultation explored a wide range of relevant interests. It also devised and unanimously adopted a statement on excellence in doctoral programs, titled the Beirut Benchmarks .
A second planning consultation was held in October 2011 in Bangalore, India. The gathering unanimously adopted the Bangalore Affirmations . It also approved an adaptation of the Beirut Benchmarks for Professional Doctorates . The third ICETE Doctoral Consultation took place in October 2012 in Nairobi, Kenya.
In 2013, Dr Riad Kassis, ICETE’s current international director, worked to form an Advisory Council and a Steering Committee to carry the ICETE Doctoral Initiative forward. A complete list of the members of the Advisory Council and the Steering Committee is provided at the end of this document as an appendix.
The following documents have been produced for the benefit of doctoral programs in theological disciplines wherever they are offered by evangelical institutions, whether in the Majority World or in the West. They arise out the above-mentioned consultations attended by invited delegates from ICETE, Langham Partnership, and Overseas Council, as well as a range of academic leaders from the Majority World. They have been prepared to assist the enhancement of current and emerging doctoral programs globally. They explain