Discovering Practical Theology: Exploring Boundaries - Couverture souple

Dillen, A.; Gärtner, S.

 
9789042941069: Discovering Practical Theology: Exploring Boundaries
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 9042941065 ISBN 13 : 9789042941069
Editeur : Peeters Publishers, 2020

Synopsis

Religion takes different shapes in late-modern society. Pastoral care, church and religion are also in transition. Practical theology explores these new challenges. This book introduces the readers to the field of this discipline in dialogue with the metaphor of 'boundaries'. Theoretical insights in practical theology and its methodology are combined with discussions about specific topics and case studies from the field of pastoral and spiritual care, with special attention for Catholic contexts. Practical theologians are presented as cross-border workers, whose work is to reflect on ambiguous places and borderlands 'in between' positions, disciplines, and fixed identities. Specific attention goes to questions on hope and power in relation to pastoral care, on chaplaincy in prisons and hospitals, on children and theology. This book functions also as an introduction to empirical methodologies and hermeneutical theological reflections.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Éditeur
Peeters Publishers
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
9042941065
ISBN 13 
9789042941069
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
251
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
non disponible