ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the influence of theologian Friedrich Schleiermacher whose scheme institutionalized the theory practice division in modern theological education. Friedrich Schleiermacher is regarded as being responsible for the definitive categorization of theological studies in the modern academy. He is the theologian from whom several significant trends in recent pastoral and practical theology can be traced. The chapter reviews the attempts of TFE and the theological academies to provide more effective methods of integration. In 1935 the American Association of Theological Schools appointed its first committee of supervised training, but the 1936 standards document did not mention field work as required for the standard divinity degree curriculum. Professors of several disciplines with administrative expertise were enlisted to develop field education programs. This led to the development of a new discipline and the eventual creation of the Association for TFE. Finally, the chapter discusses the Report of the Task Group to Review Ministerial Education in the UCA.
