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This essay touches upon the challenge of education in theological seminaries. It scrutinizes the relevance of theological education to practical ministry in the interreligious context of our world. It proposes that such a theoretical preparation of students for serving in such a world on the theoretical level of education is very necessary, provided that the pedagogical system in these seminaries itself transforms into a theological education that is more crudely interreligious in nature and founded on training in interreligious theologization.
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Awad, N.G. From pre-dialogue to interreligious dialogue: interreligious theologization as the starting point of a reliable religious education. j. relig. educ. 66, 11–21 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40839-018-0053-0
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