Because the base was social science, not theology, the pastoral art was reduced to human skill. The transcendent dimension of ministry, its grounding in God himself, was removed from pastoral theology. In fact, theology itself disappeared as the practical work of ministry was removed from seminary theology departments to a practical division that tended to describe pastoral ministry in human terms. Biblical and theological reflection on pastoral ministry soon faded away. Reflection on the church and its ministry was separated from the body of theology and is now conducted on a largely human level.