Responding to a Weeping Planet: Practical Theology as a Discipline Called by Crisis

Practical theology is by nature a discipline of crisis, standing on the edge reality and potential, what can be. Crises be gentle turning points, opportunities for radical transformation, or catastrophic moments in time. In geological age Anthropocene, people face devastating planetary effects human agency, which have created escalated climate crisis beyond boundaries imagination. belongs at epicenter ecological crises, already produced harsh results, despair, time-dated urgency daring decisions actions. Change knocking global doors—the necessity, foreboding, hope change. This article probes practical theology’s role change, giving primary attention to changes wisdom (phronesis) life practices. Methodologically, draws from scholars activists, philosophers theologians, indigenous communities, earth itself, presenting descriptions analyses their shared across time, culture, areas expertise. From these sources, study identifies challenges, practices, alternate worldviews that potentially reshape action. conclusion, this paper proposes practices justice: attending, searching, imagining, communal living acting.