International Handbook of Practical Theology / / ed. by Wilhelm Gräb, Birgit Weyel, Emmanuel Lartey, Cas Wepener.

• MitwirkendeR: Abdallah, Mahmoud,; Adam, Júlio César,; Afdal, Geir Sigmund,; Asamoah-Gyadu, J. Kwabena,; Auga, Ulrike E.,; Barnard, Marcel,; Beyers, Jaco,; Cilliers, Johan,; Clasquin-Johnson, Michel,; Cloete, Anita Louisa,; Cruz, Faustino,; Dillen, Annemie,; Du Toit, Nadine Bowers,; Filipović, Ana Thea,; Ganzevoort, R. Ruard,; Gräb, Wilhelm,; Ha, Jaesung,; Haspelmath-Finatti, Dorothea,; Heimbrock, Hans-Günter,; Horell, Harold D.,; Isomae, Jun’ichi,; Johansen, Kirstine Helboe,; Kgatla, Thias,; Khalfaoui, Mouez,; Khatib, Mutaz al,; Kim-Cragg, HyeRan,; Krause, Katharina,; Kumalo, R. Simangaliso,; Küster, Volker,; Lartey, Emmanuel, 1954-; Le Tran, Mai-Anh,; Lehtsaar, Tõnu,; Marx, Dalia,; Masarik, Albin,; Mbaya, Henry,; Miller-McLemore, Bonnie J.,; Moyo, Herbert,; Nasrallah, Rima,; Pleizier, Theo,; Plüss, David,; Post, Paul,; Probst, Hans-Ulrich,; Razu, Indukuri John Mohan,; Robinson, Matthew Ryan,; Schipani, Daniel S.,; Schlag, Thomas,; Settler, Federico,; Silva, Brendan Ozawa-de,; Silva, Chikako Ozawa-de,; Stetter, Manuel,; Sumiala, Johanna,; Swart, Ignatius,; Treiber, Angela,; Ukah, Asonzeh,; Veling, Terry A.,; Vähäkangas, Auli,; Walton, Heather,; Wepener, Cas,; Weyel, Birgit,; Wyller, Trygve,; Yang, Sunggu,
• HerausgeberIn: Gräb, Wilhelm,; Lartey, Emmanuel, 1954-; Wepener, Cas,; Weyel, Birgit,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter,, [2022]; ©2022
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter Reference Ser.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XI, 824 p.)

Practical theology has outgrown its traditional pastoral paradigm. The articles in this handbook recognize that faith, spirituality, and lived religion, within and beyond institutional communities, refer to realms of cultures, ritual practices, and symbolic orders, whose boundaries are not clearly defined and whose contents are shifting. The International Handbook of Practical Theology offers insightful transcultural conceptions of religion and religious matters gathered from various cultures and traditions of faith. The first section presents ‘concepts of religion’. Chapters have to do with considerations of the conceptualizing of religion in the fields of ‘anthropology’, ‘community’, ‘family’, ‘institution’, ‘law’, ‘media’, and ‘politics’ among others. The second section is dedicated to case studies of ‘religious practices’ from the perspective of their actors. The third section presents major theoretical discourses that explore the globally significant diversity and multiplicity of religion. Altogether, sixty-one authors from different parts of the world encourage a rethinking of religious practice in an expanded, transcultural, globalized, and postcolonial world.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part I: Concepts of Religion in a Practical-Theological Perspective -- Aesthetics and Religion -- Anthropology and Religion -- Life Writing and Religion -- Communication and Religion -- Community and Religion -- Development and Religion -- Ethics and Religion -- Family and Religion -- Human Rights and Religion -- Institution and Religion -- Law and Religion -- Life Interpretation and Religion -- Lived Religion and Religion -- Media and Religion -- Politics and Religion -- Practical Theology and Religion -- Sociability and Religion -- Part II: Religious Practices in the Perspective of Agency -- Artefact / Personal Belongings / Things -- Commemoration / Remembrance / Reconciliation -- Confirmation Ceremonies / Maturity / Processes of Faith and Life -- Contemplative Practice / Sacred Spaces / Cultural Resilience -- Conversion / Change / Transformation of Lifestyle -- Diaconia / Empowering / Social Development -- Exorcism / Envy / Witchcraft -- Fasting / Asceticism / Feasting -- Funerals / Death / Grief -- Holy Supper / Meal / Sharing Food -- Initiation Ceremonies / Incorporating / Identity Formation -- Leadership / Embodied Knowledge / Resistance -- Pulpit / Power / People / Publics -- Pilgrimage / Journey / Practice of Hajj -- Praying / Pastoral Care / Spirituality -- Preaching / Hermeneutics and Rhetoric / Religious Speech -- Priestly Office / Spirit Mediums / Pastoral Care -- Religious Formation / Educating / Religious Knowledge -- Rituals / Liturgies / Performances -- Holy Scripture / Hermeneutical Practice / Oral Literature -- Sacred Times / Rites of Passage / The Talmudic Ritual for Awakening -- Sacrifice / Violence / Isitshisa -- Singing / Embodiment / Resonance -- Spiritual Care / Counselling / Religious Coping -- Storytelling / Minjung Theology / Identity Formation -- Symbolizing / Meaning / Ambiguity -- Wedding Ceremonies / Blessings / Partnership -- Part III: Theoretical Approaches towards a Global Practical Theology -- Anthropology of Religion -- Gender Studies -- Cultural Hermeneutics of Religion -- Phenomenology -- Postcolonial Studies in Practical Theology -- Practice Theory -- Psychology of Religion -- Religion and the Social Sciences -- Religious Education -- Religious Literacy -- Ritual Studies -- Sociology of Religion -- Theology of Religion -- Theories of Religious Communication -- Contributors -- Images, Figures and Tables -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects