{"id":789,"date":"2021-11-13T21:20:52","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T21:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/?p=789"},"modified":"2021-11-24T12:39:47","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T12:39:47","slug":"theology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/?p=789","title":{"rendered":"Theology…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

S\u00e5h\u00e4r! Jag har varit troende kristen s\u00e5 l\u00e4nge jag kan minnas<\/strong> \u2014 det kom liksom med modersmj\u00f6lken. M\u00e5nga m\u00e4nniskor har varit med och format min tro. Familjen, f\u00f6rsamlingsgemenskapen s\u00f6ndagsskolan och m\u00e5nga andra personer har varit givna byggstenar f\u00f6r min egen utveckling. Dock har mina \u201cparenteser\u201d (f\u00f6r\u00e4ldrar) varit noggranna med att l\u00e5ta mig och mina br\u00f6der och sj\u00e4lva v\u00e4lja v\u00e4g. Det tackar jag dem f\u00f6r. Men mina r\u00f6tter har \u00e4nd\u00e5 gjort m\u00e4rkv\u00e4rdiga avtryck. Efter flera \u00e5rs f\u00f6rsamlingsarbete i Cape Town, tog jag i fjol min kandidatexamen i teologi genom ALT \u2014<\/em> Akademi f\u00f6r Ledarskap och Teologi \u2014<\/em> d\u00e4r k\u00e4rnverksamheten best\u00e5r i att bedriva en 4-\u00e5rig teologisk ledarutbildning med inriktning p\u00e5 tj\u00e4nst som pastor, f\u00f6rsamlingsledare eller missionsarbetare. Under utbildningen kombineras teologiska \u00e4mneskunskaper med ledartr\u00e4ning s\u00e5v\u00e4l som mentorskap i f\u00f6rsamlingsmilj\u00f6. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Men my goodness and grace. Vad \u00e4r teologi? <\/strong>F\u00f6r att f\u00f6rklara det kortfattat: varje specifik livssituation kr\u00e4ver sitt speciella s\u00e4tt att prata om Gud och varje teologisk reflektion f\u00f6ds i specifika situationer. Enligt Sveriges kristna r\u00e5d s\u00e4gs teologin vara:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cen kritisk reflektion av praxis i ljuset av Guds ord\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

allts\u00e5 ett redskap att med ett kritiskt sinne f\u00f6rs\u00f6ka tolka och f\u00f6rst\u00e5 v\u00e5r samtid och vad Gud \u00f6nskar att g\u00f6ra genom dig och mig i v\u00e5rt sammanhang. Teologi \u00e4r en hel livsprocess skulle jag vilja s\u00e4ga. Och tur att teologin st\u00e4ndigt \u00e4r aktiv eftersom det \u00e4r ett verktyg f\u00f6r att komma till insikt om vem Gud \u00e4r och vad han s\u00e4ger. Trots att teologin kan se annorlunda ut hos olika m\u00e4nniskor har det \u00e4nd\u00e5 n\u00e5gonting att kommunicera till andra sammanhang, och om vi \u00e4r \u00f6ppna nog kan vi dra l\u00e4rdom av varandras erfarenheter. F\u00f6r visst v\u00e4xer insikter endast om vi utbyter tankar med varandra och kritiskt granskar dem, eller vad tror du?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I have been a devout Christian for as long as I can remember.<\/strong> Many people have been involved in molding and shaping my faith. My family, my local church, and the Sunday school have all been key players. My parents allowed my brothers and me\u00a0to choose our paths for which I am grateful.\u00a0But my roots still made remarkable impressions on my life. After serving for several years in Every Nation, Cape Town, I last year completed my bachelor’s degree in theology through ALT \u2014<\/em> Academy of Leadership and Theology. Its core consists of conducting a 4-year theological leadership training with the intent of serving as a pastor, ministry leader, or mission worker. The education combines theology with leadership and mentorship in the local church.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, you may ask, “what the heck is theology?” <\/strong>Let me explain it briefly. Each specific life situation requires its specific way of talking about God, and each theological reflection is born out of a specific situation. According to Sweden’s Christian Council, theology is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“a critical reflection of practice in the light of God’s word”<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Yes, it’s a tool to critically interpret and understand our time and what God wants to do through us in our context. In fact, I would say that the expanse of what theology covers is breathtaking, as it impacts all of life. Theology is constantly active because it is a tool for gaining insight into who God is and what he says. Although theology may look different to different people, it still forms a basis for meaningful discussions, if we are open enough to learn from each others’ experiences. Surely, insights only grow if we exchange thoughts with each other and critically examine them, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

S\u00e5h\u00e4r! Jag har varit troende kristen s\u00e5 l\u00e4nge jag kan minnas \u2014 det kom liksom med modersmj\u00f6lken. M\u00e5nga m\u00e4nniskor har varit med och format min tro. Familjen, f\u00f6rsamlingsgemenskapen s\u00f6ndagsskolan och m\u00e5nga andra personer har varit givna byggstenar f\u00f6r min egen utveckling. Dock har mina \u201cparenteser\u201d (f\u00f6r\u00e4ldrar) varit noggranna med att l\u00e5ta mig och mina br\u00f6der… Continue reading Theology…<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":829,"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions\/829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sosophia.se\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}