This article, a paper presented last year before the Association of Professors of Mission, marks the rise and decline of mission study at Boston University. The situation at the Boston University School of Theology parallels that of other mainline, ecumenically-oriented and university-related seminaries. The author questions whether “globalization” is the new paradigm for mission education at such schools.
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