That reflects the current demography of the Episcopal Church.
The greatest surprise for me was that I found two or three that would interest me were I on a search committee. Rather startling to find so many from CDSP.
The profiles reminded me of my grad school days…a lot of mainline seminary speak in the profiles. I guess they are trying to put their best foot forward, but I would be uncomfortable listing “deep thinker with a great sense of humor” as one of my qualifications. Another thing you see a lot of is “calming presences.” I remember a lot of people at seminary who would have claimed they had a calming presence, but would have driven me nuts had they counseled me. At any rate, I think the idea behind this booklet is a good idea. The job market is tight, and these folks just spent a lot of money to get an education that has a narrow application (and I say this as one who received a similar education).
At General, our incoming class this past year was 17 men and 4 women in the M.Div. track. Mostly younger men as well. Of course that number is lower than we would want, but it shows that the trends may be shifting somewhat in terms of demographics. From what I have seen of the new class, it will be larger but also with more male vocations.
15 of 24 profiled are female. Fewer and fewer male vocations. Sad.
That reflects the current demography of the Episcopal Church.
The greatest surprise for me was that I found two or three that would interest me were I on a search committee. Rather startling to find so many from CDSP.
The profiles reminded me of my grad school days…a lot of mainline seminary speak in the profiles. I guess they are trying to put their best foot forward, but I would be uncomfortable listing “deep thinker with a great sense of humor” as one of my qualifications. Another thing you see a lot of is “calming presences.” I remember a lot of people at seminary who would have claimed they had a calming presence, but would have driven me nuts had they counseled me. At any rate, I think the idea behind this booklet is a good idea. The job market is tight, and these folks just spent a lot of money to get an education that has a narrow application (and I say this as one who received a similar education).
Dallas Priest,
At General, our incoming class this past year was 17 men and 4 women in the M.Div. track. Mostly younger men as well. Of course that number is lower than we would want, but it shows that the trends may be shifting somewhat in terms of demographics. From what I have seen of the new class, it will be larger but also with more male vocations.
Well, “the deep thinker with a great sense of humor” also adverstised himself as a “strong liturgical leader with the ability to be creative.”
Just what ECUSA needs, more “creative liturgy.”