Product Description: Serious theology is systematic theology. Or so the story goes. Practical theology―with its focus on the church, its life and its practices―has sometimes been understood as the second order application of the real work of academic theology...read more

Product Description: Interested in building an unshakeable life, marriage, family, and church? /p> What if it were possible to walk through the inevitable difficulties of life with contentment, trust, and a solid witness to the world? What if there were practical ways to construct relationships, homes, and churches that stand strong through life’s storms? Interested in living this kind of “blessed” life? Well, it’s possible, and the path to get there is clear-the Sermon on the Mount...read more

Product Description: This Companion introduces readers to the practice of Christian theology, covering what theologians do, why they do it, and what steps readers can take in order to become theological practitioners themselves. The volume aims to capture the variety of practices involved in doing theology, highlighting the virtues that guide them and the responsibilities that shape them...read more

Product Description: Exploring how the Bible may be appropriately used in practical and public theology, this book looks at types of modern practical theology with specific emphasis on the use of the Bible. Bennett juxtaposes the diversity of modern practical theology with the work of leading nineteenth-century public 'theologian', John Ruskin, and then assesses the contribution of this analysis to some modern issues of public importance in which the Bible is used...read more

Product Description: In the areas of peacebuilding and conflict resolution, the word ‘reconciliation’ has often been branded a negative term because it implies a resolution agreed upon by all parties in a given society, which for many seems an unachievable ideal...read more

Opening the Field of Practical Theology introduces students to practical theology through an examination of fifteen different approaches—ranging from feminist to liberationist, Roman Catholic to evangelical, Asian American to Latino/a. After an introduction to the field of practical theology and its broad range of practice today, the book features chapters written by leading experts in the discipline. Each chapter has an identical structure to facilitate comparison, covering historical context, key features and figures, norms and sources of authority, theory-practice, contexts, interdisciplinary considerations, areas of current and future research, and suggested readings.Opening the Field of Practical Theology is an ideal introduction to the field, highlighting the diverse ways practical theology is engaged today.

Product Description: All over the world Christian communities meet on Sunday morning for worship. But what really happens during a worship service? How do worshipers participate in the service? What does it mean to sing, pray, and celebrate the Lord's Supper together? What do worshipers do when they listen to a sermon?In The Touch of the Sacred Gerrit Immink offers thoughtful theological reflection on the religious practice of worship services in the Protestant tradition...read more

Product Description: Der Autor vertritt die These, Religion sei kollektive Kunst. Auch das Christentum wird als Religion und Ästhetisierung von Welt verstanden. Daraus ergibt sich die Notwendigkeit, der ästhetischen Perspektive auch in der protestantischen Praxis stärkeres Gewicht zukommen zu lassen...read more

You CAN raise good kids! Loving Our Kids on Purpose combines the principles of the Kingdom of God and revival to form a powerful strategy for parents. Where the Spirit of the Lord is there is freedom (2 Corinthians 3:17). Rather than the traditional approaches that train children to learn to accept being controlled by well-meaning parents and adults, this book teaches parents how to train children to manage their freedoms and protect their important heart-to-heart relationships. Children were designed with the core need of freedom. To deny this or live ignorant of it eventually destroys the trust connection between parent and child. There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear, because fear involves torment. But he who fears has not been made perfect in love (1 John 4:18 NKJV). Loving Our Kids on Purpose introduces paradigms, perceptions, skills, and ideas that will help parents reduce fear by eliminating the tool of punishment and strengthening the core character of their children by empowering their self-control and value for their relationship with their parents.

Product Description: Das Lehrbuch stellt das gesamte Gebiet der Praktischen Theologie dar.Der erste Teil bestimmt anhand einer forschungsgeschichtlichen Retrospektive, die durch einen komparativen Blick auf die katholische Pastoral und die Entwicklung in den USA erganzt wird, den Gegenstand der Praktischen Theologie als "Kommunikation des Evangeliums in der Gegenwart...read more

Through a series of essays contributed by leading experts in the field, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Practical Theology presents an introduction to practical theology as a major area of Christian study and practice, including an overview of its key developments, themes, methods, and future directions.  The first comprehensive reference work to provide a survey, description and analysis of practical theology as an area of study A range of leading scholars in the field provide original contributions on the major areas, issues, and figures in practical theology Reviews an extensive range of methods for studying theology in practice, along with sub-disciplines in theological education such as pastoral care and preaching Covers developments in the discipline in a range of global contexts and distinct Christian traditions Shows how practical theology is relevant to everyday life

Product Description: Religion as a cultural interpretative system is not conceivable without reference to the phenomenon of ""life"", which is articulated and displayed in the most diverse life styles. Life as it is being lived is always presupposed, and this fact has a profound impact on religious interpretations...read more

Product Description: Why is theology often divorced from ministry? Why is ministry left bereft of a robust theology? Ray S. Anderson, a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary for over thirty years, has left a legacy of provocative reflections on these questions...read more

Teaching in America, Second Edition was written to meet preservice teachers' desire for an active learning text that presents current ideas about teaching in America today along with the underpinning foundations of education. The readers reflect and respond on the page to issues raised in the chapter thereby actively constructing knowledge and ideas about teaching. Within the narrative of each chapter, readers have an average of ten opportunities to interact directly with the book through reflection and writing. This approach enables future teachers to make the transition from thinking about being a teacher to identifying with the profession as an active, confident participant. It is the goal of Teaching in America to build in the reader a firm knowledge of education as an institution and as a career, knowledge of teaching competencies, and knowledge of issues in education. A new chapter, Technology, Teaching and Learning, provides up-to-date technology information and applications to teaching, helping teachers to become technologically literate and apply technology to their teaching. Multicultural themes have been integrated into all chapters, helping to better inform and prepare future teachers to teach today's diverse student population. For pre-service and in-service teachers.

Product Description: This is the first outcome of our effort in ASIAN LINK PROJECT to construct the econometric models of Asian developing countries and analyze their inter-dependence with major trading partners, the United States and Japan. The model we present here is called Asian Link System...read more