Keep studying, Carey tells students
Oct 09, 2007
STUDENTS should continue with studies even after graduating from university and always strive for intellectual growth, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has advised.
By Raymond Baguma
STUDENTS should continue with studies even after graduating from university and always strive for intellectual growth, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has advised.
“You should never stop thinking. You should carry on growing, learning and developing even after university,†Lord George Carey told graduands last week while presiding over the 8th graduation ceremony for the Uganda Christian University in Mukono.
“Universities are repositories of traditional thought, philosophy and knowledge. It is where we are challenged by the thinking of others, reminding us that our understanding of the world is provisional,†added the clergy, who retired as Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002.
Comparing education to the Samaritan woman who was transformed after meeting Jesus at the well, Carey said learning could change individuals.
“The woman ran to her village to talk about her encounter with Christ. She was transformed and that is true of education.
“We are shaped through encounters. We reach out to new knowledge. Knowledge is greeted by fear. It unsettles, introduces new assumptions and questions old ones. Universities are sometimes hotbeds of radical thinking,†said the archbishop.
Carey, who allowed the ordination of women priests during his reign, said the actions of the Samaritan woman illustrated that women could contribute to Christ’s ministry and be advocates of change in society.
A total of 593 students, of whom 322 were male and 271 females, received diplomas, degrees and post graduate diplomas in various disciplines.
Also, 52 students graduated with Masters Degrees in the fields of Administration and Planning, Counselling Psychology, Human Resource Management, Theology and Organisational Leadership and Management.
STUDENTS should continue with studies even after graduating from university and always strive for intellectual growth, the former Archbishop of Canterbury has advised.
“You should never stop thinking. You should carry on growing, learning and developing even after university,†Lord George Carey told graduands last week while presiding over the 8th graduation ceremony for the Uganda Christian University in Mukono.
“Universities are repositories of traditional thought, philosophy and knowledge. It is where we are challenged by the thinking of others, reminding us that our understanding of the world is provisional,†added the clergy, who retired as Archbishop of Canterbury in 2002.
Comparing education to the Samaritan woman who was transformed after meeting Jesus at the well, Carey said learning could change individuals.
“The woman ran to her village to talk about her encounter with Christ. She was transformed and that is true of education.
“We are shaped through encounters. We reach out to new knowledge. Knowledge is greeted by fear. It unsettles, introduces new assumptions and questions old ones. Universities are sometimes hotbeds of radical thinking,†said the archbishop.
Carey, who allowed the ordination of women priests during his reign, said the actions of the Samaritan woman illustrated that women could contribute to Christ’s ministry and be advocates of change in society.
A total of 593 students, of whom 322 were male and 271 females, received diplomas, degrees and post graduate diplomas in various disciplines.
Also, 52 students graduated with Masters Degrees in the fields of Administration and Planning, Counselling Psychology, Human Resource Management, Theology and Organisational Leadership and Management.