Download PDF: Menhinick, Searching, not Leaving For the first time in recorded history, religious membership in the United States has dropped below 50%. Earlier this year, in March 2021, Gallop released this finding in its most recent poll, which tracks
Download PDF: Tang RV, Embracing Disruptive Coherence By Kathleen T. TalvacchiaEugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2019. 142 pages. $19.00 Drawing from both queer theory and queer theology, Kathleen Talvacchia’s recent work situates the act of coming out within Christian practical theology.
Download PDF: RV The, Wiley Blackwell Reader Edited by Bonnie J. Miller-McLemoreHoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2019. 424 pages. $51.95. Describing one’s area of interest as “practical theology” can often elicit the follow-up retort, “. . . as opposed to impractical theology?”
At the Practical Matters conference at Emory University in March 2018, the public plenary session featured inter-faith teachers, scholars, and activists to address three big questions: What are the practices of vibrant faith communities? What is the best way to
At the Practical Matters conference at Emory University in March 2018, four graduates of Emory’s Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology shared their “big idea” for the study of religious practices. Practical Matters Journal is proud to publish each
At the Practical Matters conference at Emory University in March 2018, four graduates of Emory’s Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology shared their “big idea” for the study of religious practices. Practical Matters Journal is proud to publish each
At the Practical Matters conference at Emory University in March 2018, four graduates of Emory’s Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology shared their “big idea” for the study of religious practices. Practical Matters Journal is proud to publish each
At the Practical Matters conference at Emory University in March 2018, four graduates of Emory’s Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology shared their “big idea” for the study of religious practices. Practical Matters Journal is proud to publish each
Download PDF: Sampson, Going Live Abstract In this essay I make explicit my own positionality as a black woman who preaches and as a practical theologian who studies the connections between digital worship, gender, performativity and preaching. I examine how
Download PDF: Common, Introducing Design Thinking Abstract This paper will introduce design thinking and practical theology as promising new interdisciplinary partners that can enhance their respective methodological and pedagogical approaches. Both share a focus on problem-solving, innovation and transformation and
Download PDF: Messner RV, Practical Matters Conference The Emory Practical Matters Conference was a culminating event following 15 years of intellectual and practical community engagement through the Emory Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology. Thanks to a grant from
Download PDF: Cho, Issue 11 Intro Practical Matters is proud to publish Issue 11: Migrations and Religious Practices. Our hope was to bring together scholars and practitioners to critically reflect on the intersection of human migration, religion, and identity. As the
Download PDF: Park, Encountering Others Through Compassion Abstract The purpose of this article is to propose a pedagogy of compassion based on a reinterpretation of historical and contemporary understandings of compassion and on critical dialogues between three education philosophers
Download PDF: Reyes, Practical Theology as Knowledge of Origin and Migration Abstract In an exploration of immigration and faith, this essay argues for a practical theology that privileges narrative and storytelling. The essay responds to the political landscape in the
Download PDF: RV Lavallee, The Grace of Playing By Courtney T. Goto Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2016. 150 pages. $22.00 In this short yet insightful text, religious education scholar Courtney Goto argues that “creating conditions for revelatory experiencing can be better
Download PDF: RV Selak, Invitation to Practical Theology Edited by Claire E. Wolfteich Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 2014. 386 pages. $29.95 In Catholic theology, practical theology occupies an ambiguous space. It sometimes stands alone as a discipline, while in other
Download PDF: RV Spurrier, Fieldwork in Theology By Christian Scharen Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2015. 144 pages. $20.00 To speak about divine action from a perspective that is not God’s is an inherently audacious enterprise. Theologian Rowan Williams punctuates this difficulty
Download PDF: RV Daniels, Christian Theology in Practice Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2012. 334 pages. $34.00 In Christian Theology in Practice: Discovering a Discipline, Bonnie Miller-McLemore offers a collection of her work in the fields of practical and pastoral