Sentences with phrase «applying practical theology»

She's also a leading voice in applying practical theology to the most nuanced debates in our society.

Not exact matches

Enlightenment Philosophers founded empirical sciences Western theologians attempt to apply empiricism to theology Western theologians agonize over the existence of God Western theologians lose, deemphasize, neglect, marginalize, or explain away the supernatural Western theologians no longer have coherent answers for many practical religious questions Western churches outsource the treatment of religious problems to secular therapists

This was a fortuitous change of mind because practical or applied theology is still deemed less scholarly and the field of religious education still regarded as a woman's domain.

Second, strategic practical theology does not merely apply historical and systematic theology to practice.

Kelly's summary of the trends in the curriculum of Oberlin Seminary applies to many others as well: «The program of study was changing from the dogmatic to the practical, from the ecclesiocentric to the socio - centric... «34 More recent examinations show the continuation of these emphases in our time though they also show a revival of interest in systematic and exegetical theology and in the Biblical languages.

However, the former misconstrues the relation between theology and action, as though theology were theory systematized in the academy to be applied in practical cases later on; and the latter misconstrues the relevant pluralisms, as though they were alternative outward and public manifestations of a single mode of inwardness.

Once seen as merely «applied theology or «helps and hints for church leaders,» the practical theological disciplines now involve critical and original thinking about theologically saturated religious practices.