Book Review: IV. Practical Theology: Efficient Religion

Lived religion The praxis of practical theology

Taking the case of ‘spiritual gardening’ as a starting point, this paper reflects on praxis as the object of practical theology. Praxis is understood as the domain of lived religion and focuses on what people do rather than on official institutionalized religious traditions. Praxis refers to fields of practices like care or community building and to the patterned configurations of action, exper...

Toward a Practical Theology of Peer Review

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Review of Richard Osmer, Practical Theology: An Introduction

The Nature of Practical Theology Repeating Transformation: Browning and Barth on Practical Theology

Three levels of Practical Theology experiential, reflective and orientational, must address the pursuit of practical Christian knowledge. Each level contributes to the formation of operational practical Christian knowledge as evaluating, ordering, localising and organising. Browning's correlational approach is criticised for leading to religious rather than Christian dynamic reflection. Barth's...

Theology Master program of Religion in Peace and Conflict