Practical (empirical) theology
Practical theology: A current international perspective
... Graham’s emphasis on transforming practices of gender leads her to call for a ‘critical phenomenology’ to study communities in which such practices are found. This is designed to assist these communities in gleaning the ...
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HIV/AIDS, narrative practical theology, and postfoundationalism: The emergence of a new story
... The practical theology that emerges from this article is one that develops out of a very specific context – in this case, ...context. Practical theological research is not only about description and ...
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Practical theology as embodiment of Christopraxis servant leadership in Africa
... of Theology at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as professor in practical theology, at the culmination of our liberation struggle in South Africa (Bam ...Protesting theology students ...
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A postfoundationalist research paradigm of practical theology
... term practical theology originally emerged in the German Protestant tradition as part of the academic theological curriculum in the late eighteenth century (Pattison & Woodward ...of practical ...
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Practical theology: the past, present and future of a concept
... argued, practical theology in the present day needs to engage varieties of practice far wider than ministerial competences or church ...to practical service by Christian communities at some time or ...
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Praxeis as praxis: Odegeology as practical theology in the book of Acts
... of practical theology focuses on the construction of theological and ethical norms by which to critically assess, guide and reform some dimensions of contemporary religious ...of practical ...
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Postfoundational practical theology for a time of transition
... the practical theologians’ ecotone, which provides for a wide reflective ...a practical theology is involved with an increased diversity of ...
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From dependence to interdependence: Towards a practical theology of disability
... of practical theology. If practical theology is to remain true to its qualification as theology, it has to fuse two horizons: that of the text and that of the person to whom the text ...
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Practical theology: A critically engaged practical reason approach of practice, theory, practice and theory
... to practical theology forms the basis for some of the most influential approaches and scholars, this article will point out in which way reasoning in practical theology has been reduced to ...
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REVIEW: Dorothy Bass, Kathleen Cahalan, Bonnie Miller McLemore, James Nieman and Christian Scharen, 'Christian Practical Wisdom: What It Is, Why It Matters'; and Joyce Ann Mercer and Bonnie Miller McLemore (eds ), 'Conundrums in Practical Theology '
... member of the Dutch Reformed Church, and white researcher, navigating, and accounting for, the biases in his worldview that has been shaped by colonialism. Despite one’s best efforts, reflexivity is always partial, but, ...
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‘A tale of two cities’: The evolution of the International Academy of Practical Theology
... in practical theology among scholars in German, Dutch, Canadian and US universities in the ...enhance practical theology’s place as a university discipline, supporting scholars in their own ...
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Practical theology as ‘healing of memories’: Critical reflections on a specific methodology
... on practical theology within a South African context. If practical theologians are serious about ‘social cohesion’ in order to ‘resolve the race and class polarizations within the population and to ...
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The theology and praxis of practical theology in the context of the Faculty of Theology
... should realise that the goal of this approach is not to attain a deeper understanding of the problem through hermeneutical analyses, but to use this deeper understanding to motivate people for action in the praxis of ...
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Postfoundationalism, deconstruction and the hope that motivates research in Practical TheologyPostfoundationalism, deconstruction and the hope that motivates research in Practical Theology
... doing theology, specifically Practical Theology, without universal foundations, in the context of a discussion with Wentzel van ...doing theology that is open to the global multi-disciplinary ...
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The importance of life and faith histories in the methodology of Practical Theology
... our theology. Theology is thinking about God and trying to articulate whom God may be and how God can be known, and it is always embedded in ...personality. Theology that is supposed to touch lives ...
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Practical theology: Can it really help the local congregation?
... This article sought to demonstrate that a synthesis of various church growth methods used within the framework of Heitink’s (1999:124ff.) three theory of action perspectives, namely the ‘hermeneutical’, ‘empirical’ and ...
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Standing Up for Corporate Governance - A Practical Theology Perspective
... Conscience Rules Professional standards Company practices Corporate values Personal values Personal integrity Peer pressure True to Self Work experience Education External polic[r] ...
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Practical theology ‘[ re ]entering vernacular culture?’ New frontiers and challenges to doing theology as life goes on
... Over the past years, several theologians have written on the issue of transformation. Hendriks (2009) discusses identity transformation in the DRC. Niemandt (2007; 2013) wrote extensively about it and challenged the ...
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‘Keeping head above water’: A case study in religious leadership in a polluted context
... for Practical Theology, held in Pretoria on 22–24 January 2014, namely ‘Practical theology and human waste in ...typical practical-theological study where, firstly, empirical ...
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The story of the hashtag(#): A practical theological tracing of the hashtag(#) symbol on Twitter
... The influence and significance of the digital age has already been investigated by various theorists on a variety of interdisciplinary levels. Initially, the work of Marshall McLuhan, coining the famous ‘the medium is ...
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