This work presents a model of Christian theological education that aims to be more context-sensitive than the dominant Western model of theological education often referred to as the fourfold curriculum of Bible, doctrine, church history and practical theology. It is felt that this has current importance in a world now referred to as a global village, and in an increasingly multicultural Australia. The thesis is interdisciplinary in theology and education. Its focus is the content and curriculum of theological education. It examines the foundations of Christian theology and education in order to articulate a suitable trans-cultural model. The study links analyses of the narrative character of the Christian Bible and tradition, looking at how the norms articulated here are interpreted into other sociocultural and religious contexts. The nature of religious language as essentially metaphorical is examined and found to be both reality depicting and contextual.