colonization – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net Journal • Webinar • Forum Mon, 31 Mar 2025 06:14:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://oralitytalks.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-OralityTalks-Icon-32x32.png colonization – OralityTalks https://oralitytalks.net 32 32 228068180 Rethinking the Old Wineskins of “Academic” for the New Wine of Oral and Oral-Preference Learners https://oralitytalks.net/rethinking-the-old-wineskins/ https://oralitytalks.net/rethinking-the-old-wineskins/#respond Fri, 28 Mar 2025 20:11:33 +0000 https://oralitytalks.net/?p=2434 For too long, the West has dominated theological education worldwide. This reality is primarily due to the West’s past centuries of colonization of the non-Western world, which has ramifications for theological education even today. In light of this continuing Western theological dominance, it is critical that the “old wineskins” of the Western academy and what it considers to be “academic” be rethought today, especially in light of the new wine of oral and oral-preference learners. This article explores such necessary rethinking in four parts. First, examining the West’s hegemony of what is considered academic today and the implications of this for theological education in the non-Western world. Second, exploring the new concept of “theological intelligence” (TQ) and its implications for other understanding of what is considered academic, especially for more orally-based pedagogical models. Third, looking at how one theological institution—Kairos University—is using Competency-Based Theological Education (CBTE) to help bridge the gap between readers and non-readers in the academy. Finally, the article concludes with recommendations for theological institutions and educators. It is hoped that this rethinking of what academics is will help theological institutions worldwide better meet the training needs of the Christian constituencies that they serve, including oral and oral-preference learners.

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