Colleen Weaver

‘Contextualised Theological Education: Designs and Practices of Protestant Evangelical Seminaries in Madrid, Spain’ (NTC), 2023.

The questions guiding this qualitative investigation are: What are the distinctive components of contextually shaped designs and practices in theological education? How are these contextually shaped designs and practices developed and then implemented? When contextualisation is either not happening or limited in its scope and application, what factors hinder its development and what are the implications of those limitations?She explores facets of practical theology, contextual theology and their complementary partner, qualitative research. The cruciality of listening to the stories, perspectives, and experiences of those involved in theological education guided her field research in the Protestant community of the province of Madrid, Spain. Their voices will be significant in the development of an answer(s) to her research question.

She serves as a faculty member at the Baltic Methodist Theological Seminary in Tallinn, Estonia and as the Director of Discipleship for One Mission Society.