Download PDF: RV Keefe-Perry, Theology and the Arts Ruth Illman and W. Alan Smith New York: Routledge, 2013. 230 pages. $125.00 In Theology and the Arts, Ruth Illman and W. Alan Smith have offered up a profoundly useful text which
From the Pulpit and the Pavement
The two issues on Worship, Ritual and Theory represent the first pass by this journal on ritual practices (particularly those labeled “worship”) as refracted through the methodological and theoretical lenses of multiple fields. Our first two articles, “What in God’s
Redeeming a Prison Society: A Liturgical & Sacramental Response to Mass Incarceration
Download PDF: RV Green, Redeeming a Prison Society By Amy Levad Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2014. 233 pages. $39.00. The United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other nation in the world. Disproportionately incarcerating African Americans, Latinos, and the
Beyond “Border Raids”: Theory as Intrinsic to Practical Theology
Download PDF: Myers, Beyond Border Raids In her recent book, Christian Theology in Practice: Discovering a Discipline, Bonnie Miller-McLemore presents a helpful and compelling case for a more inclusive theology that draws explicitly from the disciplines of practical theology. She argues
Reconsidering the Image of Preacher-as-Teacher: Intersections between Henry Giroux’s Critical Pedagogy and Homiletics
Download PDF: Voelz, Reconsidering the Image of Preacher as Teacher Abstract Contemporary homiletic discourse posits a number of images that represent beliefs about preaching identity. Among those images, the relationship between preaching and teaching is one of varied use through
Music and the Generosity of God
Download PDF: Liu, Music and the Generosity of God Abstract 4’33” by John Cage tacitly combines theory and practice to promote wide attention to music. Although theologically dismissed, the piece also provides an acoustical opening to recognize that all sounds
The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology
Download PDF: Posadas, Wiley Blackwell Edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 640 pages. $199. In beginning to offer a fair assessment of this volume, one fears falling into hyperbole. Yet there is no getting around the fact that
Theological Reflection for Human Flourishing: Pastoral Practice and Public Theology
Download PDF: Best, Theological Reflection Helen Cameron, John Reader, Victoria Slater, with Chris Rowland London: SCM Press, 2012. 160 pages. $26.99 Practical theology is a discipline committed to a reflective and active engagement in the situations and issues that
Five Issues In: Reflections on the Promise and Progress of Practical Matters
Download PDF: Five Issues In It has been five years since the idea of Practical Matters began, not on the website screen, but rather in the imaginations of graduate students who observed an important convergence of interests between scholars of religious practices and
Teaching ‘Overcoming Violence’: Reflections on Violence, Peace, and Practical Theology
Download PDF: Teaching Overcoming Violence Editor’s Note: The following reflection is based on the authors’ experiences teaching a collaborative course entitled, “Overcoming Violence”. The syllabus and supplemental materials for this course can be downloaded here. The Decline of Violence? By the recent
Theological Reflection: Methods
Download PDF: RV Snyder, Theological Reflection By Elaine Graham, Heather Wilson, and Frances Ward London: SCM Press, 2005. 247 pages. $34.99 What is theological reflection? How can I relate life to theology, and theology to life? What is practical theology? In
A Trip to the Spring: A Documentary Film
Download PDF: Mote, Trip to the Spring Since 1830, families have gathered almost every year at Shingleroof Campground in Henry County, Georgia to keep camp meeting together. Shingleroof, like other extant camp meetings across the US, is the offspring of the
Reflections on Intersections
Download PDF: Martin and Whitmore, Reflections on Intersections Welcome to the third issue of Practical Matters. In this issue, we highlight Ethnography and Theology. In the “doing” of theology, a turn to ethnography is gaining momentum. Many scholars of religion who did
“Intensity and Sustainability” Consultation on Youth in Religious Practice, October 12-14, 2008 at Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Download PDF: Bischoff, Intensity and Sustainability Organized and sponsored by the Concentration in Religious Practices and Practical Theology. Held in conjunction with the Candler School of Theology Fall Conference, “Re-envisioning Leadership for a Hope-filled Future.” Candler School of Theology, Emory University
Appreciative Interest in the Religious Lives of Young People
Download PDF: Thomas and Wright, Appreciative Interest in the Religious Lives of Young People In their study of youth and vocation, Dori Grinenko Baker and Joyce Ann Mercer notice a disturbing tendency among adults to view adolescence as an ever-expanding transitional
Practical Theology and Qualitative Research
Download PDF: RV Daugherty, Practical Theology and Qualitative Research By John Swinton and Harriet Mowat London: SCM, 2006. 278 pages. $35.00. In Practical Theology and Qualitative Research, John Swinton and Harriet Mowat provide a welcome contribution to the ongoing conversation about
Engaging Imagination: An Introduction to the Inaugural Issue of Practical Matters
Download PDF: Goto and Levad, Engaging Imagination The inaugural issue of Practical Matters on the theme of “Imagination” began with a seemingly simple statement in our call for submissions: “Without imagination, human beings could neither come to know their world as
A Transdisciplinary Multimedia Journal of Religious Practices and Practical Theology: Introducing Practical Matters
Download PDF: Campbell and Mote, Introducing Practical Matters Welcome to Practical Matters. In this journal you will find digital scholarship that utilizes the capacities of the internet to ask and provoke new questions about religious practices and practical theology. You will