Southwest professor appointed to Anglican Communion Theological Education group
Mar 15, 2010
The Rev. Dr. Cynthia Briggs Kittredge has been appointed from the USA to the Anglican Communion Theological Education (TEAC) steering committee established by the Anglican Consultative Council in May 2009.
The vision of TEAC is to celebrate and foster theological education in the Anglican Communion. Five goals established by the group at their first meeting in Canterbury at the beginning of Lent 2010, are facilitation of networking, development of resources, funding, communication and advocacy.
TEAC follows an earlier Working Party whose work was used as a resource for the reflection on Anglican identity at the 2008 Lambeth Conference. TEAC shares the values of the original group regarding theological education—“that it should be life-long, multi-faceted, and accessible to all, encouraging active learning, attending to context as well as content, and valuing the vital ministry of theological educators.”
Among their goals, TEAC group intends to sponsor a consultation for theological college principals; build on the work done at a consultation organized for women theological educators in 2008; develop a database of Anglican theological educators and educational institutions; translate key resources into a variety of languages used in the Anglican Communion; and explore development of a web based course in Anglican studies.
Other members of the current steering group are from India, Zimbabwe, Canterbury, Nigeria, the UK, Mexican, Sri Lanka, Australia, Philippines, Kenya and Canterbury.
Cynthia Briggs Kittredge is professor of New Testament and dean of community life at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin, Texas.
